Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 1.41%

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 1.41% to hit a new 52-week low, while the index fell 0.82%, and the index declined 0.49%.

The best performers of the session on the were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:), which rose 5.93% or 1.345 points to trade at 24.035 at the close. Meanwhile, SAP SE (DE:) added 1.74% or 1.720 points to end at 100.660 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:) was up 1.66% or 0.500 points to 30.675 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:), which fell 4.65% or 0.467 points to trade at 9.573 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:) declined 4.40% or 1.685 points to end at 36.610 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:) was down 4.38% or 6.200 points to 135.200.

The top performers on the MDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:) which rose 5.00% to 27.930, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:) which was up 3.64% to settle at 87.640 and Siltronic AG (DE:) which gained 3.36% to close at 65.800.

The worst performers were Rational AG (DE:) which was down 8.20% to 531.50 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:) which lost 6.50% to settle at 29.07 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:) which was down 5.25% to 20.390 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:) which rose 5.00% to 27.930, Siltronic AG (DE:) which was up 3.36% to settle at 65.800 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:) which gained 2.07% to close at 27.560.

The worst performers were TeamViewer AG (DE:) which was down 6.50% to 29.07 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:) which lost 4.58% to settle at 39.600 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:) which was down 4.25% to 13.082 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 398 to 315 and 31 ended unchanged.

Shares in Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.40% or 1.685 to 36.610. Shares in Rational AG (DE:) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.20% or 47.50 to 531.50. Shares in Aareal Bank AG (DE:) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.25% or 1.130 to 20.390. Shares in Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.25% or 0.580 to 13.082.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.79% to 53.40.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.23% or 20.60 to $1655.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 8.93% or 2.78 to hit $33.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 8.09% or 2.78 to trade at $37.14 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 1.19% to 1.1311, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8755.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.50% at 96.290.

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