Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Software sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.95%, while the MDAX index lost 0.96%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which rose 0.63% or 0.70 points to trade at 111.90 at the close. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) added 0.61% or 0.560 points to end at 92.940 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 0.41% or 0.75 points to 185.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which lost 4.47% or 0.692 points to trade at 14.794 in late trade. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 3.66% or 0.615 points to end at 16.185 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) shed 2.13% or 1.960 points to 90.130.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which rose 1.67% to 43.920, Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was up 0.94% to settle at 69.650 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which gained 0.62% to close at 35.600.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 8.51% to 0.47 in late trade, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which lost 4.46% to settle at 39.840 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 4.23% to 38.520 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which rose 1.52% to 4.020, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was up 0.45% to settle at 98.800 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which gained 0.45% to close at 44.50.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 8.75% to 15.375 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 6.54% to settle at 16.160 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 4.06% to 12.395 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 580 to 157 and 72 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 8.06% to 15.85 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.04% or 0.60 to $1339.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.74% or 1.14 to hit $64.42 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.80 to trade at $68.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2403, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8773.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.02.