Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.12% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the declined 0.12%, while the index fell 0.64%, and the index climbed 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bayer AG NA (ETR:), which rose 4.05% or 2.10 points to trade at 53.96 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:) added 2.64% or 0.85 points to end at 33.02 and Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:) was up 1.78% or 2.85 points to 162.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Zalando SE (ETR:), which fell 3.01% or 1.21 points to trade at 38.99 at the close. Siemens Energy AG (ETR:) declined 2.83% or 0.51 points to end at 17.66 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:) was down 2.79% or 0.79 points to 27.51.

The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which rose 2.51% to 47.85, United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which was up 2.49% to settle at 21.00 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:) which gained 1.59% to close at 128.00.

The worst performers were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (ETR:) which was down 4.33% to 8.76 in late trade, Knorr-Bremse AG (ETR:) which lost 3.49% to settle at 58.70 and Kion Group AG (ETR:) which was down 3.34% to 33.54 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which rose 2.49% to 21.00, Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) which was up 2.07% to settle at 14.82 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:) which gained 1.59% to close at 128.00.

The worst performers were Varta AG (ETR:) which was down 3.31% to 25.99 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:) which lost 2.62% to settle at 28.23 and Bechtle AG (ETR:) which was down 2.09% to 35.10 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 450 to 239 and 73 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.89% to 18.82.

Gold Futures for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1,877.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.91% or 0.68 to hit $75.31 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.57 to trade at $80.22 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.35% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 103.06.