Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Utilities and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Technology and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.54%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.30%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 2.21% or 0.320 points to trade at 14.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (DE:DB1Gn) added 1.90% or 1.480 points to end at 79.260 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 1.72% or 0.153 points to 9.036 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which fell 1.27% or 0.335 points to trade at 25.950 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) declined 0.95% or 0.125 points to end at 13.085 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 0.92% or 0.175 points to 18.865.
The top performers on the MDAX were Airbus Group (F:AIRG) which rose 3.02% to 54.391, Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (DE:SZUG) which was up 2.86% to settle at 18.705 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which gained 1.87% to close at 42.205.
The worst performers were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 6.86% to 45.38 in late trade, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which lost 1.79% to settle at 26.32 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 1.79% to 85.610 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which rose 4.58% to 21.010, Drillisch AG O.N. (DE:DRIG) which was up 4.16% to settle at 36.290 and Suess Microtec NA O.N. (DE:SMHNn) which gained 2.31% to close at 6.985.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 4.53% to 37.610 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 3.31% to settle at 8.400 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 3.05% to 8.263 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 491 to 377 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Covestro AG (DE:1COV) rose to all time highs; rising 1.87% or 0.775 to 42.205.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.33% to 27.12.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.50% or 19.35 to $1272.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.88% or 0.94 to hit $49.02 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.92% or 0.97 to trade at $49.68 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1263, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.7676.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 94.00.