Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Resources and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Financial Services, Utilities and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.09% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index lost 0.15%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 3.03% or 3.600 points to trade at 122.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 2.13% or 2.72 points to end at 130.26 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 1.74% or 0.320 points to 18.678 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 2.73% or 0.750 points to trade at 26.750 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 2.44% or 1.17 points to end at 46.75 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) was down 1.80% or 4.30 points to 235.10.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 12.53% to 13.520, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 4.04% to settle at 43.990 and Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which gained 3.83% to close at 25.200.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 5.85% to 19.725 in late trade, Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which lost 3.22% to settle at 111.10 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 2.75% to 98.9000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 4.04% to 43.9900, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was up 3.35% to settle at 20.34 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 3.03% to close at 122.500.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 5.85% to 19.725 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 2.75% to settle at 98.900 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 1.65% to 56.550 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 408 to 271 and 79 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.53% to 13.98.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.74% or 26.35 to $1484.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.97% or 0.55 to hit $57.09 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.61 to trade at $62.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1073, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8596.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 97.745.