Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Construction and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Transportation & Logistics and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.11%, while the MDAX index gained 0.58%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG), which rose 5.72% or 11.750 points to trade at 217.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) added 2.19% or 0.505 points to end at 23.580 and Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG) was up 1.79% or 0.940 points to 53.560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG), which fell 3.46% or 0.430 points to trade at 11.990 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn) declined 2.58% or 0.825 points to end at 31.160 and Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) was down 1.28% or 1.180 points to 90.880.
The top performers on the MDAX were A.Springer AG VNA (XETRA:SPRGn) which rose 6.40% to 55.000, Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:FPEG_p) which was up 3.84% to settle at 42.710 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (XETRA:BOSSn) which gained 3.27% to close at 113.750.
The worst performers were Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which was down 2.23% to 78.010 in late trade, Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which lost 1.24% to settle at 8.597 and GEA Group AG (XETRA:G1AG) which was down 0.94% to 37.855 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) which rose 4.91% to 8.603, Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which was up 3.19% to settle at 10.500 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which gained 2.98% to close at 5.602.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (XETRA:DLGS) which was down 6.14% to 43.955 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which lost 1.50% to settle at 31.750 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which was down 1.19% to 199.600 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 411 to 334 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:FPEG_p) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.84% or 1.580 to 42.710.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.90% to 17.09 a new 3-months low.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.00 to $1092.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.95% or 0.88 to hit $46.05 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.55 to trade at $50.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.0957, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.7018.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 97.52.