© Reuters. Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.13%
biedexmarkets.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 lost 0.13% to hit a new all time high, while the index added 1.39%, and the index added 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the were Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:), which rose 10.63% or 8.63 points to trade at 89.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:) added 4.66% or 0.61 points to end at 13.62 and Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:) was up 4.25% or 1.99 points to 48.82 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:), which fell 2.48% or 5.60 points to trade at 220.20 at the close. E.ON SE (ETR:) declined 1.42% or 0.17 points to end at 11.81 and Vonovia SE (ETR:) was down 1.23% or 0.34 points to 27.30.
The top performers on the MDAX were Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:) which rose 6.49% to 133.00, Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (ETR:) which was up 5.99% to settle at 43.56 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:) which gained 5.69% to close at 109.65.
The worst performers were Encavis AG (ETR:) which was down 4.18% to 13.40 in late trade, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:) which lost 3.13% to settle at 11.94 and LEG Immobilien AG (ETR:) which was down 2.35% to 74.12 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR:) which rose 4.99% to 26.70, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which was up 3.41% to settle at 34.88 and Atoss Software AG (ETR:) which gained 3.05% to close at 270.00.
The worst performers were Energiekontor AG (ETR:) which was down 2.06% to 66.60 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which lost 1.15% to settle at 12.00 and ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:) which was down 0.94% to 5.48 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 389 to 218 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.66% or 0.61 to 13.62. Shares in Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (ETR:) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.99% or 2.46 to 43.56. Shares in Atoss Software AG (ETR:) rose to all time highs; up 3.05% or 8.00 to 270.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.72% to 12.90.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.89% or 19.45 to $2,169.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.30% or 0.23 to hit $78.16 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.23 to trade at $82.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 102.61.