Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.75%

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

At the close in Frankfurt, the fell 0.75%, while the index lost 0.88%, and the index declined 0.82%.

The best performers of the session on the were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:), which rose 1.64% or 0.550 points to trade at 34.110 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:) added 1.35% or 0.212 points to end at 15.890 and Vonovia SE (DE:) was up 1.17% or 0.62 points to 53.68 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:), which fell 3.03% or 1.920 points to trade at 61.520 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:) declined 2.76% or 1.205 points to end at 42.470 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:) was down 2.47% or 0.815 points to 32.240.

The top performers on the MDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:) which rose 2.00% to 66.250, LEG Immobilien AG (DE:) which was up 0.95% to settle at 116.350 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:) which gained 0.88% to close at 2.626.

The worst performers were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:) which was down 5.64% to 10.238 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:) which lost 4.46% to settle at 37.100 and Duerr AG (DE:) which was down 3.93% to 28.340 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:) which rose 2.00% to 66.250, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:) which was up 1.35% to settle at 15.890 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:) which gained 0.88% to close at 2.626.

The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:) which was down 4.46% to 37.100 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:) which lost 3.68% to settle at 10.720 and Siltronic AG (DE:) which was down 3.37% to 101.850 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 507 to 174 and 68 ended unchanged.

Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.64% or 0.550 to 34.110. Shares in Vonovia SE (DE:) rose to all time highs; up 1.17% or 0.62 to 53.68. Shares in LEG Immobilien AG (DE:) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.95% or 1.100 to 116.350.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 7.43% to 15.47.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.07% or 17.05 to $1603.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.55% or 0.29 to hit $52.03 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.22 to trade at $57.45 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.0801, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8308.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 99.293.

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