Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Construction and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Transportation & Logistics and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.37%, while the MDAX index fell 0.09%, and the TecDAX index added 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 3.33% or 4.74 points to trade at 147.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 1.57% or 1.42 points to end at 91.96 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was up 1.42% or 0.810 points to 58.030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which fell 8.14% or 1.533 points to trade at 17.302 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) declined 2.18% or 2.020 points to end at 90.840 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 2.05% or 1.190 points to 56.970.
The top performers on the MDAX were Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which rose 5.97% to 31.4300, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was up 2.43% to settle at 46.380 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 2.38% to close at 50.66.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 3.42% to 75.35 in late trade, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which lost 3.39% to settle at 25.680 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which was down 2.95% to 33.58 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which rose 19.12% to 10.3250, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was up 4.24% to settle at 14.74 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 3.85% to close at 48.000.
The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 5.95% to 33.820 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 4.44% to settle at 13.570 and Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which was down 4.33% to 508.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 363 to 306 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.14% or 1.533 to 17.302. Shares in Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.05% or 1.190 to 56.970. Shares in Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.42% or 2.67 to 75.35.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.51% to 22.48.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.58% or 7.10 to $1225.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.64% or 0.43 to hit $66.61 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.86 to trade at $76.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1365, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 96.62.