Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Utilities and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.28%, while the MDAX index lost 0.02%, and the TecDAX index added 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Henkel AG & Co Kgaa Vzo (XETRA:HNKG_p), which rose 1.60% or 1.700 points to trade at 108.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) added 1.49% or 0.910 points to end at 62.170 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) was up 1.21% or 0.940 points to 78.660 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p), which fell 2.43% or 5.000 points to trade at 200.800 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) declined 1.78% or 0.360 points to end at 19.845 and K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) was down 1.04% or 0.395 points to 37.600.
The top performers on the MDAX were Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which rose 3.27% to 36.370, Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which was up 1.92% to settle at 8.815 and Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which gained 1.55% to close at 16.660.
The worst performers were Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which was down 3.21% to 78.500 in late trade, Kion Group AG (XETRA:KGX) which lost 2.94% to settle at 40.48 and Evonik Industries AG (XETRA:EVKn) which was down 2.69% to 34.500 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which rose 9.84% to 28.645, Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which was up 3.16% to settle at 9.522 and United Internet AG NA (XETRA:UTDI) which gained 2.91% to close at 43.570.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 4.73% to 4.996 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (XETRA:DLGS) which lost 2.22% to settle at 51.550 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was down 2.14% to 34.000 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 416 to 333 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.49% or 0.910 to 62.170. Shares in Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.55% or 0.255 to 16.660. Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.84% or 2.565 to 28.645. Shares in Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.73% or 0.248 to 4.996. Shares in Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.16% or 0.292 to 9.522.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.88% to 20.34 a new 1-month low.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.80 to $1154.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.23% or 0.64 to hit $52.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.36 to trade at $58.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1006, while EUR/GBP fell 0.56% to 0.7064.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 96.86.