Germany shares mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.25%

Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages , Software and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Retail , Chemicals and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.25%, while the MDAX index lost 0.31%, and the TecDAX index added 0.81%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were SAP SE (DE: SAPG ), which rose 1.72% or 1.760 points to trade at 103.800 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE: CBKG ) added 1.16% or 0.099 points to end at 8.641 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE: LHAG ) was up 1.03% or 0.200 points to 19.645 in late trade.

Biggest losers included RWE AG ST O.N. (DE: RWEG ), which lost 2.54% or 0.460 points to trade at 17.670 in late trade. Covestro AG (DE: 1COV ) declined 2.10% or 1.400 points to end at 65.360 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE: BASFN ) shed 1.25% or 0.930 points to 73.290.

The top performers on the MDAX were Puma SE (DE: PUMG ) which rose 4.59% to 444.00, Osram Licht AG (DE: OSRn ) which was up 2.32% to settle at 33.13 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE: SHA_p ) which gained 1.63% to close at 10.08.

The worst performers were Metro AG (DE: MEOG ) which was down 18.19% to 4.670 in late trade, Stroeer SE (DE: SAXG ) which lost 3.88% to settle at 47.080 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE: JUNG_p ) which was down 3.16% to 28.760 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Wirecard AG (DE: WDIG ) which rose 9.47% to 182.300, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE: S92G ) which was up 5.32% to settle at 19.600 and Isra Vision O.N. (DE: ISRG ) which gained 3.77% to close at 41.25.

The worst performers were RIB Software AG Na (DE: RIB ) which was down 4.21% to 15.470 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE: COKG ) which lost 4.02% to settle at 34.360 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE: AM3D ) which was down 3.63% to 16.44 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 389 to 306 and 81 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.85.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 2.70 to $1191.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.66% or 0.49 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.78 to trade at $84.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1481, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8740.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.46.