Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Technology and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Consumer & Cyclical and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.07%, while the MDAX index declined 0.18%, and the TecDAX index added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG), which rose 1.70% or 1.390 points to trade at 83.010 at the close. Meanwhile, Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) added 1.25% or 0.790 points to end at 64.150 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was up 1.22% or 0.320 points to 26.470 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 1.24% or 0.220 points to trade at 17.550 at the close. Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) declined 1.17% or 1.40 points to end at 118.20 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) was down 1.07% or 0.980 points to 90.330.
The top performers on the MDAX were Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which rose 3.86% to 487.30, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was up 2.54% to settle at 23.625 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 1.74% to close at 45.20.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 2.82% to 4.35 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 1.95% to settle at 18.070 and Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which was down 1.82% to 59.830 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 4.09% to 7.197, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was up 2.87% to settle at 64.150 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 0.70% to close at 10.795.
The worst performers were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 3.40% to 13.307 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 2.13% to settle at 14.730 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.00% to 11.530 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 477 to 285 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.22% or 0.320 to 26.470. Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.09% or 0.283 to 7.197. Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.87% or 1.790 to 64.150.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.16% to 14.12.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.14% or 1.74 to $1214.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.94% or 0.86 to hit $45.26 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 0.86 to trade at $47.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1435, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.8903.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.69.