Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.46% 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 rose 0.46% to hit a new 3-months high, while the index fell 0.47%, and the index climbed 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bayer AG NA (ETR:), which rose 4.09% or 2.10 points to trade at 53.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:) added 2.79% or 0.88 points to end at 32.38 and Puma SE (ETR:) was up 2.22% or 1.14 points to 52.52 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:), which fell 3.64% or 15.10 points to trade at 400.10 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (ETR:) declined 1.94% or 1.20 points to end at 60.56 and BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR:) was down 1.91% or 0.98 points to 50.30.

The top performers on the MDAX were ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:) which rose 7.01% to 20.60, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which was up 3.12% to settle at 50.94 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 2.81% to close at 8.04.

The worst performers were HelloFresh SE (ETR:) which was down 5.81% to 26.61 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which lost 4.47% to settle at 18.16 and Stroeer SE (ETR:) which was down 3.85% to 47.44 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which rose 10.19% to 11.46, Nagarro SE (ETR:) which was up 7.21% to settle at 116.00 and ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:) which gained 7.01% to close at 20.60.

The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 4.47% to 18.16 in late trade, Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:) which lost 3.86% to settle at 82.10 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which was down 3.64% to 400.10 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 353 to 327 and 80 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.20% to 21.93.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.19% or 3.35 to $1,773.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.35% or 1.16 to hit $87.03 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 1.02 to trade at $94.16 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.52% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 106.23.