Germany shares mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.24%

Published 21-01-2025, 10:35 pm
© Reuters.  Germany shares mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.24%

Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the DAX Food & Beverage, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and DAX Industrial sectors led shares higher while losses in the DAX Construction, DAX Retail and DAX Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.24%, while the MDAX index lost 0.07%, and the TecDAX index added 0.88%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which rose 3.31% or 1.66 points to trade at 51.76 at the close. Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) added 3.22% or 1.68 points to end at 53.78 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) was up 1.88% or 13.00 points to 705.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR:BMWG), which fell 1.79% or 1.42 points to trade at 77.84 in late trade. Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (ETR:DHLn) declined 1.47% or 0.53 points to end at 35.56 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG) down 0.94% or 0.17 points to 17.92.

The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which rose 5.38% to 42.88, Tui AG NA (ETR:TUI1n) which was up 5.26% to settle at 8.16 and Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which gained 2.52% to close at 67.05.

The worst performers were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which was down 8.94% to 26.49 in late trade, SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co KgaA (ETR:1SXP) which lost 6.72% to settle at 23.60 and Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC) which was down 3.06% to 117.10 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were IONOS Group SE (ETR:IOSn) which rose 7.66% to 23.90, Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) which was up 6.19% to settle at 19.55 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) which gained 3.22% to close at 53.78.

The worst performers were Formycon AG (ETR:FYB) which was down 3.72% to 54.30 in late trade, SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn) which lost 3.06% to settle at 45.95 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 1.77% to 12.20 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 322 to 296 and 27 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Shares in Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) rose to all time highs; rising 1.88% or 13.00 to 705.40.

The DAX New Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.82% to 15.53.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.40% or 10.99 to $2,759.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.76% or 1.36 to hit $76.03 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.79 to trade at $79.36 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.28% at 107.80.

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