Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction, Retail and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.11%, while the MDAX index fell 0.62%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn), which rose 1.60% or 0.18 points to trade at 11.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN) added 1.53% or 0.91 points to end at 60.46 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR:VOWG_p) was up 1.42% or 1.82 points to 130.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn), which fell 4.05% or 9.20 points to trade at 218.00 at the close. Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) declined 1.61% or 7.20 points to end at 439.70 and Linde PLC (ETR:LINI) was down 1.34% or 4.20 points to 308.20.
The top performers on the MDAX were United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which rose 2.00% to 19.67, Freenet AG NA (ETR:FNTGn) which was up 1.62% to settle at 23.21 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:LHAG) which gained 1.27% to close at 9.64.
The worst performers were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:TKAG) which was down 10.42% to 6.31 in late trade, Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which lost 4.83% to settle at 42.00 and HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which was down 3.64% to 21.71 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG (ETR:JENGn) which rose 4.12% to 30.86, United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which was up 2.00% to settle at 19.67 and Freenet AG NA (ETR:FNTGn) which gained 1.62% to close at 23.21.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which was down 2.56% to 18.29 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which lost 1.61% to settle at 439.70 and Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which was down 1.38% to 32.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 365 to 304 and 66 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.88% to 18.91.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1,863.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.22% or 0.98 to hit $79.16 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 1.05 to trade at $85.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 103.13.