Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.30%, while the MDAX index fell 0.65%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 6.21% or 0.075 points to trade at 1.285 at the close. Meanwhile, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) added 2.68% or 1.020 points to end at 39.130 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was up 0.76% or 0.65 points to 86.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn), which fell 1.86% or 2.80 points to trade at 148.00 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) declined 1.16% or 1.110 points to end at 94.230 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 1.07% or 0.108 points to 9.952.
The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which rose 4.30% to 6.404, Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was up 1.73% to settle at 43.760 and Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which gained 1.72% to close at 118.500.
The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which was down 3.23% to 69.21 in late trade, Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which lost 2.35% to settle at 39.75 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 2.05% to 107.700 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which rose 6.21% to 1.285, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was up 3.31% to settle at 78.100 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which gained 1.73% to close at 43.760.
The worst performers were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which was down 3.85% to 38.940 in late trade, Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which lost 2.35% to settle at 39.75 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 2.05% to 107.700 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 411 to 258 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.73% or 0.745 to 43.760. Shares in Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.73% or 0.745 to 43.760.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.58% to 24.48.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.82% or 16.40 to $2015.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.44% or 0.19 to hit $42.70 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.07 to trade at $45.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1930, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.9012.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 92.323.