Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction, Transportation & Logistics and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Media and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.24%, while the MDAX index declined 0.30%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which rose 2.11% or 1.820 points to trade at 88.230 at the close. Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 1.48% or 0.420 points to end at 28.710 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was up 1.11% or 0.870 points to 79.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which lost 3.55% or 0.500 points to trade at 13.580 in late trade. Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) declined 1.52% or 0.535 points to end at 34.765 and Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11) shed 1.13% or 0.79 points to 69.26.
The top performers on the MDAX were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which rose 2.07% to 38.865, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 1.43% to settle at 48.330 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which gained 1.14% to close at 27.115.
The worst performers were Rational AG (DE:RAAd) which was down 4.19% to 442.850 in late trade, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which lost 2.04% to settle at 12.99 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 2.03% to 32.265 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which rose 5.30% to 38.760, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 1.92% to settle at 32.310 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 1.76% to close at 41.000.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (F:AIXC) which was down 5.39% to 4.567 in late trade, STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which lost 3.30% to settle at 48.545 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.55% to 29.23 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 437 to 434 and 27 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.69% to 24.67 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.20 to $1276.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.51% or 0.23 to hit $45.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.12 to trade at $46.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1026, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8915.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.91.