Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction, Consumer & Cyclical and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.35%, while the MDAX index lost 0.49%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG), which rose 3.33% or 0.48 points to trade at 14.90 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:FREG) added 2.57% or 0.74 points to end at 29.56 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (ETR:HEIG) was up 1.63% or 1.65 points to 102.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p), which lost 4.70% or 3.54 points to trade at 71.76 in late trade. Hannover Rueck SE (ETR:HNRGn) declined 2.34% or 5.60 points to end at 233.80 and Munich Reinsurance (ETR:MUVGn) shed 1.79% or 8.30 points to 456.40.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which rose 3.16% to 21.89, Evonik Industries AG (ETR:EVKn) which was up 2.36% to settle at 19.07 and Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which gained 2.09% to close at 102.80.
The worst performers were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which was down 7.48% to 37.35 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which lost 3.26% to settle at 62.30 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which was down 2.48% to 8.65 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR:EUZG) which rose 11.65% to 49.66, Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was up 3.16% to settle at 21.89 and Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG) which gained 2.90% to close at 81.60.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was down 3.26% to 62.30 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which lost 2.65% to settle at 26.46 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which was down 2.48% to 8.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 356 to 268 and 35 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.99% to 12.96.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.49% or 36.15 to $2,465.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.13% or 0.91 to hit $79.93 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.88 to trade at $83.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 104.07.