Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.53% 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 0.53%, while the index declined 0.30%, and the index gained 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the were Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:), which rose 4.42% or 3.08 points to trade at 72.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Puma SE (ETR:) added 3.08% or 1.86 points to end at 62.32 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:) was up 2.68% or 0.65 points to 24.89 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:), which fell 2.82% or 1.13 points to trade at 38.96 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (ETR:) declined 2.08% or 2.15 points to end at 101.25 and Linde PLC (ETR:) was down 0.84% or 2.40 points to 284.60.

The top performers on the MDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR:) which rose 2.03% to 23.10, Siltronic AG (ETR:) which was up 1.83% to settle at 69.70 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 1.79% to close at 6.49.

The worst performers were K&S AG (ETR:) which was down 8.03% to 22.55 in late trade, Aurubis AG (ETR:) which lost 2.58% to settle at 62.68 and Encavis AG (ETR:) which was down 2.16% to 21.25 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:) which rose 2.80% to 51.40, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which was up 2.68% to settle at 24.89 and Aixtron SE (ETR:) which gained 2.03% to close at 23.10.

The worst performers were Kontron AG (ETR:) which was down 2.47% to 15.00 in late trade, Nagarro SE (ETR:) which lost 2.03% to settle at 106.40 and Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 1.80% to 17.50 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 377 to 289 and 93 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.67% to 28.90.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.82% or 14.35 to $1,735.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 6.04% or 5.86 to hit $91.15 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 5.56% or 5.72 to trade at $97.21 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.00, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 108.77.