Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Construction and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.17%, while the MDAX index declined 0.17%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 4.21% or 0.492 points to trade at 12.178 at the close. SAP SE (DE:SAPG) added 3.51% or 3.060 points to end at 90.210 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 1.80% or 1.460 points to 82.780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which lost 3.26% or 6.90 points to trade at 204.80 in late trade. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 2.62% or 1.720 points to end at 63.900 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) shed 2.03% or 2.20 points to 106.28.
The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which rose 1.72% to 23.600, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 1.52% to settle at 46.620 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which gained 1.01% to close at 140.30.
The worst performers were GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 3.41% to 32.280 in late trade, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which unchanged 2.95% to settle at 0.15 and Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which was down 1.96% to 529.99 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which rose 3.71% to 95.100, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was up 2.46% to settle at 13.320 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 1.94% to close at 9.770.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 6.46% to 17.460 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 3.39% to settle at 20.540 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 3.08% to 33.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 381 to 294 and 98 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.51% to 15.05.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.51% or 6.80 to $1330.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $68.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $74.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.2225, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8746.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 90.63.