Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.05%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the gained 0.05% to hit a new 52-week high, while the index added 0.08%, and the index lost 0.26%.

The best performers of the session on the were Continental AG O.N. (DE:), which rose 4.13% or 4.92 points to trade at 124.10 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:) added 1.51% or 0.410 points to end at 27.540 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:) was up 1.32% or 1.24 points to 95.06 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:), which fell 5.34% or 3.290 points to trade at 58.270 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:) declined 2.70% or 1.185 points to end at 42.640 and Wirecard AG (DE:) was down 2.11% or 2.500 points to 116.000.

The top performers on the MDAX were Software AG (DE:) which rose 8.16% to 29.300, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:) which was up 6.22% to settle at 104.2000 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:) which gained 3.44% to close at 43.96.

The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:) which was down 6.56% to 44.140 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:) which lost 2.64% to settle at 177.100 and Lanxess AG (DE:) which was down 2.18% to 59.300 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Software AG (DE:) which rose 8.16% to 29.300, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:) which was up 6.12% to settle at 104.100 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:) which gained 1.53% to close at 14.58.

The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:) which was down 6.56% to 44.140 in late trade, Isra Vision O.N. (DE:) which lost 2.95% to settle at 39.46 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:) which was down 2.64% to 177.100 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 347 to 321 and 85 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.21% to 15.07.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 1.05 to $1487.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.23% or 0.66 to hit $54.17 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.43 to trade at $59.39 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1139, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8607.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.132.

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