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Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.13%

Published 01/17/2017, 12:15 PM
Updated 01/17/2017, 12:15 PM
© Reuters.  Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.13%

© Reuters. Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.13%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Retail, Construction and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.13%, while the MDAX index declined 0.23%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 4.28% or 0.485 points to trade at 11.805 at the close. Meanwhile, BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) added 0.39% or 0.340 points to end at 88.630 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was up 0.39% or 0.600 points to 153.700 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which fell 1.26% or 1.080 points to trade at 84.880 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 0.93% or 0.29 points to end at 30.90 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) was down 0.70% or 1.250 points to 177.600.

The top performers on the MDAX were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which rose 4.68% to 31.440, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was up 1.99% to settle at 65.160 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which gained 1.66% to close at 23.620.

The worst performers were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 5.98% to 37.28 in late trade, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which lost 2.45% to settle at 37.360 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 1.98% to 37.930 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which rose 1.56% to 47.420, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was up 1.16% to settle at 7.707 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which gained 0.99% to close at 34.19.

The worst performers were Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) which was down 36.84% to 0.036 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 2.21% to settle at 46.990 and Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which was down 2.19% to 26.085 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 483 to 273 and 25 ended unchanged.

Shares in K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.66% or 0.385 to 23.620.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.60% to 15.42.

Gold for February delivery was up 1.38% or 16.55 to $1212.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.63% or 0.33 to hit $52.70 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $55.88 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.89% to 1.0695, while EUR/GBP fell 1.90% to 0.8634.

The US Dollar Index was down 1.06% at 100.45.

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