Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Retail and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.58%, while the MDAX index lost 0.79%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which rose 11.09% or 15.450 points to trade at 154.800 at the close. Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) added 0.44% or 0.700 points to end at 160.750 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was up 0.26% or 0.015 points to 5.780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which lost 2.88% or 0.310 points to trade at 10.465 in late trade. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 2.42% or 0.211 points to end at 8.510 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) shed 1.74% or 2.200 points to 124.150.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which rose 2.53% to 57.950, Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was up 2.33% to settle at 47.890 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which gained 1.28% to close at 28.450.
The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 6.42% to 33.295 in late trade, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which lost 2.55% to settle at 36.30 and Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was down 2.18% to 46.070 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which rose 2.59% to 63.750, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 1.90% to settle at 4.453 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which gained 0.55% to close at 5.530.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 4.24% to 26.73 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which lost 3.42% to settle at 37.590 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was down 2.49% to 189.550 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 661 to 230 and 23 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.92.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.38% or 5.15 to $1352.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.64% or 0.75 to hit $46.49 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 0.73 to trade at $49.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.86% to 1.1279, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8658.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.86% at 94.76.