Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Transportation & Logistics and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.36%, while the MDAX index fell 0.31%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.76% or 0.300 points to trade at 17.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 1.19% or 0.149 points to end at 12.654 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 1.12% or 0.255 points to 23.090 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which fell 1.74% or 1.700 points to trade at 96.200 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 1.43% or 0.440 points to end at 30.280 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was down 1.27% or 1.40 points to 108.95.
The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 9.75% to 0.35, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was up 1.78% to settle at 72.200 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which gained 1.42% to close at 78.680.
The worst performers were Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 4.94% to 14.05 in late trade, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which lost 1.79% to settle at 60.500 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which was down 1.73% to 35.830 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which rose 7.08% to 19.200, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was up 6.12% to settle at 26.340 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 5.03% to close at 9.320.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.88% to 46.85 in late trade, Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which lost 0.99% to settle at 25.930 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 0.70% to 51.400 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 415 to 390 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.27% or 1.40 to 108.95. Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.42% or 1.100 to 78.680. Shares in RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) rose to all time highs; rising 6.12% or 1.520 to 26.340.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.55% to 13.79.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.80 to $1313.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.41% or 0.25 to hit $60.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.53 to trade at $66.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.2046, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8860.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 91.61.