Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Chemicals and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.04%, while the MDAX index lost 0.96%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 2.76% or 0.216 points to trade at 8.049 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 2.01% or 0.365 points to end at 18.525 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was up 1.21% or 0.215 points to 18.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which fell 2.22% or 2.70 points to trade at 118.90 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 2.04% or 0.480 points to end at 23.030 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.89% or 2.60 points to 134.95.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 1.51% to 73.270, Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was up 1.18% to settle at 37.275 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 1.05% to close at 17.885.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 4.12% to 96.46 in late trade, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which lost 3.34% to settle at 36.120 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 2.76% to 33.175 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which rose 1.83% to 30.960, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 1.33% to settle at 6.000 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 1.20% to close at 252.00.
The worst performers were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 3.91% to 15.625 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 2.88% to settle at 26.315 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 2.42% to 64.650 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 477 to 274 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.01% or 0.365 to 18.525. Shares in Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.21% or 0.215 to 18.000. Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) rose to all time highs; rising 1.51% or 1.090 to 73.270. Shares in Uniper SE (DE:UN01) rose to all time highs; rising 1.05% or 0.185 to 17.885. Shares in Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) rose to all time highs; up 1.83% or 0.555 to 30.960. Shares in Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.20% or 3.00 to 252.00.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 11.13% to 13.38.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.09% or 13.98 to $1296.68 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.84% or 0.40 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.25 to trade at $49.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1268, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 96.57.