Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Resources and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Software, Construction and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.85% to hit a new 6-months high, while the MDAX index added 0.99%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 7.92% or 1.210 points to trade at 16.490 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 6.57% or 0.433 points to end at 7.022 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 4.95% or 0.304 points to 6.441 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which fell 0.70% or 0.650 points to trade at 92.620 at the close. Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) declined 0.28% or 0.300 points to end at 106.550 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was down 0.26% or 0.220 points to 84.030.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which rose 5.46% to 32.910, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 3.95% to settle at 88.410 and Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which gained 3.61% to close at 29.260.
The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which was down 0.62% to 59.463 in late trade, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which lost 0.48% to settle at 34.49 and Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 0.48% to 37.340 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 3.62% to 41.965, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 2.77% to settle at 42.980 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 2.31% to close at 3.860.
The worst performers were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 2.79% to 8.725 in late trade, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which lost 2.75% to settle at 40.440 and STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was down 2.28% to 41.520 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 549 to 347 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.46% or 1.705 to 32.910. Shares in Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.95% or 3.360 to 88.410. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.62% or 1.465 to 41.965.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.96% to 16.80 a new 1-month low.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.64% or 7.55 to $1168.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.01% or 1.04 to hit $50.75 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.89% or 1.04 to trade at $53.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.0705, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8445.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 100.58.