Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Resources and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 1.22%, while the MDAX index lost 1.12%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.70%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 0.83% or 0.079 points to trade at 9.560 at the close. Meanwhile, Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 0.51% or 0.500 points to end at 99.300 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 0.21% or 0.180 points to 86.460 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which fell 2.52% or 4.90 points to trade at 189.40 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 2.41% or 3.76 points to end at 152.30 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 2.23% or 0.510 points to 22.390.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which rose 5.88% to 72.000, Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which was up 2.95% to settle at 43.30 and Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which gained 1.34% to close at 60.650.
The worst performers were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 14.05% to 7.435 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which lost 3.58% to settle at 103.550 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 2.86% to 31.920 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 0.97% to 12.520, Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which was down 0.14% to settle at 36.21 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which lost 0.51% to close at 31.410.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 6.04% to 130.700 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 5.26% to settle at 12.117 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 4.35% to 18.900 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 567 to 164 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Metro AG (DE:MEOG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 14.05% or 1.215 to 7.435. Shares in Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) rose to all time highs; rising 2.95% or 1.24 to 43.30.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 8.01% to 16.64.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.20% or 2.50 to $1277.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.84% or 1.21 to hit $64.48 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.59 to trade at $74.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1570, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 94.75.