Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer & Cyclical and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Media, Retail and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.04%, while the MDAX index lost 0.41%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 3.64% or 0.760 points to trade at 21.650 at the close. Meanwhile, Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 1.45% or 1.420 points to end at 99.580 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 1.37% or 0.127 points to 9.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn), which fell 1.36% or 0.780 points to trade at 56.450 at the close. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) declined 1.01% or 0.840 points to end at 82.450 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) was down 1.00% or 1.86 points to 184.80.
The top performers on the MDAX were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which rose 5.17% to 80.310, Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was up 1.90% to settle at 38.10 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which gained 1.19% to close at 186.50.
The worst performers were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 9.59% to 6.300 in late trade, Scout24 AG (DE:G24n) which lost 6.55% to settle at 43.060 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was down 5.20% to 36.650 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 3.52% to 20.600, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 3.07% to settle at 131.100 and Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which gained 2.93% to close at 86.000.
The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 9.23% to 39.120 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which lost 4.70% to settle at 43.960 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 4.64% to 100.800 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 359 to 343 and 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.17% or 3.950 to 80.310. Shares in Metro AG (DE:MEOG) fell to all time lows; losing 9.59% or 0.668 to 6.300. Shares in MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) rose to all time highs; up 1.19% or 2.20 to 186.50. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.07% or 3.900 to 131.100. Shares in United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.70% or 2.170 to 43.960. Shares in Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) rose to all time highs; rising 2.93% or 2.450 to 86.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.64% to 18.07.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 3.90 to $1202.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.67% or 0.45 to hit $66.75 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.33 to trade at $72.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.1339, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 96.59.