Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Chemicals and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Technology and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.31% to hit a new 3-months high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.07%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN), which rose 4.28% or 2.770 points to trade at 67.560 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 1.81% or 0.480 points to end at 27.050 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) was up 1.72% or 2.000 points to 118.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which fell 2.78% or 1.960 points to trade at 68.620 at the close. Covestro AG (DE:1COV) declined 2.50% or 1.250 points to end at 48.720 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 1.76% or 0.355 points to 19.815.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which rose 2.01% to 60.950, Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was up 1.76% to settle at 26.560 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 1.66% to close at 128.700.
The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 4.13% to 22.740 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 4.03% to settle at 26.660 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 2.82% to 15.5000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which rose 2.94% to 298.00, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was up 2.10% to settle at 9.730 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which gained 1.85% to close at 27.0300.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was down 13.49% to 8.4240 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 2.45% to settle at 22.300 and Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 1.98% to 32.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 362 to 345 and 73 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.85% or 0.4900 to 27.0300.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.06% to 15.71.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.08% or 1.05 to $1328.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $55.49 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.37 to trade at $65.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1376, while EUR/GBP fell 0.95% to 0.8589.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 96.045.