Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Financial Services and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Food & Beverages and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.02%, while the MDAX index gained 0.15%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 1.99% or 0.147 points to trade at 7.528 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 1.60% or 0.290 points to end at 18.420 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 1.10% or 1.600 points to 146.850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which fell 3.89% or 3.510 points to trade at 86.740 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.00% or 0.235 points to end at 23.350 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was down 0.74% or 0.750 points to 100.250.
The top performers on the MDAX were Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which rose 5.49% to 71.280, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was up 3.88% to settle at 39.500 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which gained 3.44% to close at 40.105.
The worst performers were GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 1.33% to 38.720 in late trade, STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which lost 1.30% to settle at 55.300 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 1.11% to 23.140 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 5.54% to 52.670, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was up 2.42% to settle at 13.110 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which gained 1.86% to close at 20.040.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 1.16% to 7.234 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 1.09% to settle at 45.170 and Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which was down 0.84% to 27.270 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 413 to 342 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.44% or 1.335 to 40.105.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.52% to 14.16 a new 52-week low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1224.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.40% or 0.21 to hit $53.14 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.32 to trade at $55.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.0566, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 101.35.