Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Financial Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Food & Beverages and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.08%, while the MDAX index gained 0.16%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which rose 2.25% or 0.90 points to trade at 40.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 1.99% or 0.445 points to end at 22.815 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was up 1.79% or 1.700 points to 96.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which fell 1.50% or 2.60 points to trade at 170.75 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.31% or 0.300 points to end at 22.560 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was down 1.16% or 1.25 points to 106.15.
The top performers on the MDAX were Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which rose 3.89% to 25.880, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which was up 1.81% to settle at 71.600 and Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which gained 1.53% to close at 84.930.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 2.78% to 42.525 in late trade, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which lost 2.57% to settle at 3.00 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 1.91% to 135.95 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 3.84% to 12.030, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 3.50% to settle at 24.530 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 3.44% to close at 12.020.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 4.00% to 11.395 in late trade, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which lost 2.73% to settle at 256.10 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.84% to 47.31 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 388 to 364 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.25% or 0.90 to 40.66. Shares in Uniper SE (DE:UN01) rose to all time highs; rising 3.89% or 0.970 to 25.880. Shares in Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) fell to all time lows; falling 2.57% or 0.08 to 3.00.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.43% to 14.02.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.92% or 11.70 to $1266.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.26% or 0.15 to hit $57.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.36 to trade at $62.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1820, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 93.33.