Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Basic Resources and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.75%, while the MDAX index declined 1.00%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.22%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 4.29% or 0.658 points to trade at 16.005 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 0.77% or 0.064 points to end at 8.420 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was up 0.52% or 0.430 points to 82.930 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which fell 3.48% or 2.770 points to trade at 76.720 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 3.40% or 2.570 points to end at 72.950 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was down 2.99% or 0.450 points to 14.600.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which rose 1.41% to 63.950, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was up 1.20% to settle at 40.09 and Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which gained 0.83% to close at 12.810.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 4.00% to 34.580 in late trade, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which lost 3.29% to settle at 67.820 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which was down 3.17% to 54.040 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which rose 1.56% to 4.351, STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was up 1.06% to settle at 54.570 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which gained 0.06% to close at 17.650.
The worst performers were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 7.13% to 11.205 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 3.48% to settle at 78.130 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 2.39% to 88.960 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 551 to 201 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.41% or 0.890 to 63.950. Shares in Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.20% or 0.47 to 40.09.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 9.75% to 13.63.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.95% or 11.75 to $1245.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.29% or 0.63 to hit $48.28 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.52 to trade at $51.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.0816, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.8660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 99.48.