Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Chemicals and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.01%, while the MDAX index fell 1.19%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.60%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 0.07% or 0.010 points to trade at 14.110 at the close. Meanwhile, Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) fell 0.04% or 0.030 points to end at 81.790 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 0.05% or 0.015 points to 27.360 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 4.84% or 0.635 points to trade at 12.485 at the close. BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) declined 4.71% or 3.610 points to end at 72.980 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 3.96% or 0.392 points to 9.500.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (DE:WING) which rose 2.31% to 46.655, Gagfah SA Nom. (DE:GFJG) which was up 0.83% to settle at 15.880 and Celesio AG Nam. O.N. (DE:CLSGn) which gained 0.74% to close at 25.300.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG O.N. (DE:SZGG) which was down 4.38% to 25.730 in late trade, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which lost 4.10% to settle at 80.630 and Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (DE:GWIG) which was down 3.99% to 14.935 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which rose 7.37% to 5.741, PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (DE:PSAGn) which was up 2.76% to settle at 12.460 and Jenoptik AG O.N. (DE:JENG) which gained 0.96% to close at 14.165.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 5.36% to 9.256 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 5.35% to settle at 54.620 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 4.90% to 34.235 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 494 to 190 and 40 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (DE:WING) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.31% or 1.055 to 46.655. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.35% or 3.090 to 54.620.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.69% to 19.87.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1166.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.55% or 1.12 to hit $42.86 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.95% or 0.93 to trade at $46.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.1036, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.7206.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.03.