Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Chemicals and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 2.68%, while the MDAX index lost 2.03%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG), which rose 0.04% or 0.005 points to trade at 12.240 at the close. Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn) fell 0.80% or 0.215 points to end at 26.820 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (XETRA:DTEGn) was down 0.93% or 0.160 points to 17.040 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daimler AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DAIGn), which lost 5.15% or 4.340 points to trade at 79.930 in late trade. Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) declined 4.43% or 10.000 points to end at 215.550 and Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) shed 4.26% or 3.980 points to 89.420.
The top performers on the MDAX were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which rose 0.14% to 14.145, Gagfah SA Nom. (XETRA:GFJG) which was up 0.13% to settle at 15.500 and Tag Immobilien AG (XETRA:TEGG) which gained 0.10% to close at 10.035.
The worst performers were Aareal Bank AG (XETRA:ARLG) which was down 4.95% to 36.090 in late trade, Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ZILGn) which lost 4.09% to settle at 23.430 and Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which was down 3.97% to 75.180 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Xing AG (XETRA:OBCGn) which rose 2.65% to 180.300, SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which was up 0.55% to settle at 32.000 and Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which gained 0.33% to close at 48.500.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 3.24% to 5.225 in late trade, QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which lost 3.23% to settle at 1.856 and Freenet AG NA (XETRA:FNTGN) which was down 2.90% to 29.600 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 582 to 162 and 38 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 10.60% to 18.88.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.33% or 3.60 to $1107.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.91% or 1.76 to hit $43.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.96% or 1.51 to trade at $49.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1038, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.7092.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 97.28.