Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Telecoms and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Consumer & Cyclical and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.08% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index added 0.19%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which rose 2.90% or 4.75 points to trade at 168.75 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 2.36% or 3.25 points to end at 141.05 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 1.27% or 0.46 points to 36.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which lost 2.44% or 4.70 points to trade at 188.05 in late trade. Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) declined 1.27% or 1.45 points to end at 112.40 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) shed 1.01% or 0.290 points to 28.480.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which rose 3.44% to 36.500, Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which was up 1.96% to settle at 30.125 and Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which gained 1.83% to close at 116.700.
The worst performers were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 7.11% to 66.600 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 3.16% to settle at 38.110 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 1.95% to 41.12 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which rose 3.65% to 4.747, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was up 2.99% to settle at 34.48 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 2.93% to close at 17.400.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 3.80% to 10.760 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 2.97% to settle at 9.790 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was down 1.85% to 264.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 389 to 363 and 40 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.07% to 12.40.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.62% or 8.07 to $1303.43 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.59% or 0.31 to hit $51.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.61 to trade at $57.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.1770, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 92.99.