Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.21%, while the MDAX index declined 0.01%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which rose 2.50% or 0.600 points to trade at 24.585 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 1.74% or 0.650 points to end at 38.060 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was up 1.59% or 1.85 points to 118.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which fell 2.16% or 1.790 points to trade at 81.010 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 1.23% or 0.860 points to end at 69.000 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 1.04% or 0.101 points to 9.587.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which rose 2.01% to 81.210, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was up 1.50% to settle at 20.970 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 1.33% to close at 114.500.
The worst performers were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was down 4.86% to 111.500 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 4.72% to settle at 17.050 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was down 1.41% to 70.770 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 1.48% to 36.050, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 1.30% to settle at 4.674 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 0.96% to close at 74.780.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 7.58% to 10.120 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which lost 5.60% to settle at 6.080 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 2.16% to 12.220 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 438 to 313 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.72% or 0.845 to 17.050. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.96% or 0.710 to 74.780.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.83% to 12.57.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.64% or 8.25 to $1293.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.90% or 1.44 to hit $51.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.09 to trade at $56.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.49% to 1.1798, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 93.10.