Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.17%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Construction and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.17%, while the MDAX index fell 0.17%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 4.21% or 0.492 points to trade at 12.178 at the close. Meanwhile, SAP SE (DE:SAPG) added 3.51% or 3.060 points to end at 90.210 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 1.80% or 1.460 points to 82.780 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which fell 3.26% or 6.90 points to trade at 204.80 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 2.62% or 1.720 points to end at 63.900 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) was down 2.03% or 2.20 points to 106.28.

The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which rose 1.72% to 23.600, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 1.52% to settle at 46.620 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which gained 1.01% to close at 140.30.

The worst performers were GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 3.41% to 32.280 in late trade, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which unchanged 2.95% to settle at 0.15 and Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which was down 1.96% to 529.99 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which rose 3.71% to 95.100, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was up 2.46% to settle at 13.320 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 1.94% to close at 9.770.

The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 6.46% to 17.460 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 3.39% to settle at 20.540 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 3.08% to 33.05 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 381 to 294 and 98 ended unchanged.

Shares in Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) unchanged to all time lows; unchanged 2.95% or 0.00 to 0.15. Shares in Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) fell to 3-years lows; falling 6.46% or 1.205 to 17.460.

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The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.51% to 15.05.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.51% or 6.80 to $1330.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $68.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $74.74 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.2224, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8745.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 90.63.