Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Retail, Food&Beverages and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Telecoms and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.37% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.92%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (ETR:HEIG), which rose 2.56% or 1.66 points to trade at 66.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) added 2.46% or 0.44 points to end at 18.15 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR:BMWG) was up 2.33% or 2.30 points to 100.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck KGaA (ETR:MRCG), which fell 1.65% or 2.90 points to trade at 173.30 at the close. Henkel&Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR:HNKG_p) declined 1.07% or 0.80 points to end at 73.64 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) was down 0.97% or 0.22 points to 22.38.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which rose 6.49% to 32.30, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:TKAG) which was up 5.32% to settle at 6.77 and Befesa SA (ETR:BFSA) which gained 4.54% to close at 39.62.
The worst performers were ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:QH9) which was down 24.23% to 10.45 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which lost 6.73% to settle at 18.77 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 2.21% to 11.73 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:COP1n) which rose 3.24% to 48.50, Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which was up 2.35% to settle at 17.40 and Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which gained 2.18% to close at 34.74.
The worst performers were ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:QH9) which was down 24.23% to 10.45 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which lost 6.73% to settle at 18.77 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 2.21% to 11.73 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 413 to 258 and 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:QH9) fell to all time lows; losing 24.23% or 3.34 to 10.45. Shares in ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:QH9) fell to all time lows; losing 24.23% or 3.34 to 10.45.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.63% to 18.71 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.68% or 13.65 to $2,017.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.09% or 1.67 to hit $81.41 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.47% or 1.24 to trade at $85.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 101.97.
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