Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction, Transportation & Logistics and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Media and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.24%, while the MDAX index fell 0.30%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which rose 2.11% or 1.820 points to trade at 88.230 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 1.48% or 0.420 points to end at 28.710 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was up 1.11% or 0.870 points to 79.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 3.55% or 0.500 points to trade at 13.580 at the close. Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) declined 1.52% or 0.535 points to end at 34.765 and Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11) was down 1.13% or 0.79 points to 69.26.
The top performers on the MDAX were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which rose 2.07% to 38.865, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 1.43% to settle at 48.330 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which gained 1.14% to close at 27.115.
The worst performers were Rational AG (DE:RAAd) which was down 4.19% to 442.850 in late trade, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which lost 2.04% to settle at 12.99 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 2.03% to 32.265 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which rose 5.30% to 38.760, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 1.92% to settle at 32.310 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 1.76% to close at 41.000.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (F:AIXC) which was down 5.39% to 4.567 in late trade, STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which lost 3.30% to settle at 48.545 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.55% to 29.23 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 437 to 434 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.11% or 1.820 to 88.230. Shares in Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.52% or 0.535 to 34.765.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.69% to 24.67 a new 3-months high.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.20 to $1276.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.49% or 0.22 to hit $45.11 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.08 to trade at $46.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.92.