Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.01%

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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.01%, while the MDAX index fell 1.69%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG), which rose 3.69% or 10.30 points to trade at 289.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G) added 2.39% or 2.32 points to end at 99.36 and Hannover Rueck SE (ETR:HNRGn) was up 2.26% or 4.80 points to 217.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which fell 7.93% or 0.95 points to trade at 10.98 at the close. Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) declined 3.18% or 0.81 points to end at 24.68 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR:BMWG) was down 2.29% or 2.19 points to 93.55.

The top performers on the MDAX were CTS Eventim AG (ETR:EVDG) which rose 1.87% to 62.60, Talanx AG NA O.N. (ETR:TLXGn) which was up 1.08% to settle at 65.30 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which gained 0.78% to close at 59.76.

The worst performers were TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which was down 12.43% to 13.10 in late trade, HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which lost 8.11% to settle at 14.89 and GEA Group AG (ETR:G1AG) which was down 5.39% to 33.00 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) which rose 2.15% to 37.00, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which was up 1.55% to settle at 282.40 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) which gained 0.76% to close at 50.38.

The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which was down 21.48% to 16.83 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which lost 12.43% to settle at 13.10 and Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:VBKG) which was down 5.77% to 31.84 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 412 to 207 and 34 ended unchanged.

Shares in Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.69% or 10.30 to 289.10. Shares in Hannover Rueck SE (ETR:HNRGn) rose to all time highs; rising 2.26% or 4.80 to 217.00. Shares in HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 8.11% or 1.32 to 14.89.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.37% to 13.39.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.15% or 22.75 to $2,003.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.68% or 0.53 to hit $77.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.48 to trade at $81.84 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.41% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 103.37.