Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the DAX Food & Beverage, DAX Technology and DAX Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the DAX Construction, DAX Financial Services and DAX Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.18%, while the MDAX index gained 0.61%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Covestro AG (ETR:1COV), which rose 1.75% or 1.00 points to trade at 58.00 at the close. Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) added 1.31% or 8.00 points to end at 619.60 and Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG) was up 0.96% or 1.15 points to 120.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR:VOWG_p), which fell 1.98% or 1.76 points to trade at 87.04 in late trade. Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:PSHG_p) declined 1.62% or 0.58 points to end at 35.18 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn) down 1.49% or 4.80 points to 317.80.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which rose 7.81% to 15.32, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (ETR:HLE) which was up 5.13% to settle at 90.20 and Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which gained 3.47% to close at 70.00.
The worst performers were K+S AG (ETR:SDFGn) which was down 1.52% to 10.40 in late trade, AUTO1 Group SE (ETR:AG1G) which lost 1.02% to settle at 15.60 and Puma SE (ETR:PUMG) which was down 0.88% to 45.13 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which rose 7.81% to 15.32, Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which was up 4.03% to settle at 113.60 and TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which gained 2.60% to close at 9.47.
The worst performers were Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which was down 3.21% to 79.95 in late trade, Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG) which lost 2.49% to settle at 66.60 and SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn) which was down 1.10% to 49.45 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 0 to 0 on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX New Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.98% to 15.69.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.13% or 3.29 to $2,631.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.36% or 0.94 to hit $70.18 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.87 to trade at $73.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.