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

Frankfurt closed with the index falling 1.01% while it declined 1.25% and losing 1.59%.

Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST, (DE:), was the best performer of the session. It rose 0.63% to 61.040 by the close. Adidas AG (DE;) added 0.611% or 1.55 to close at 254.20. Daimler AG NA O.N. In late trade, the German currency (DE) was 0.380 points higher at 74.640.

Sartorius AG VZO O.N. was the worst performer of the session. (DE:), fell 3.04% (14.000 points) to trade at 445.900 at close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE): The final number at 38.450 was 38.450, which fell by 2.83% (1.120 points). Siemens AG Class N (DE) fell 2.33%, or 3.40 points, to 142.60

The top performers on the MDAX were K&S AG (DE:) which rose 4.44% to 18.920, TeamViewer AG (DE:), which was up 3.2% to settle at 13.07 Rheinmetall AG (DE:), which gained 1.77%, to close at 94.060.

Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. were the worst-performing. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. was the worst performer, falling 4.87% to 10.055 late trade Vantage Towers AG (DE:), which fell 3.95% to 29.20, and AUTO1 SE (DE:), which dropped 3.90% at 15.76 by the end.

The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (DE:) which rose 3.60% to 14.66, TeamViewer AG (DE:) which was up 3.28% to settle at 13.07 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE) which gained 0.9% to reach 2.554.

Vantage Towers AG(DE:), which fell 3.95 to 29.20 in the late trade, and Bechtle AG(DE:), which lost 3.88% for 53.020 were among the worst-performing. CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:), which fell 3.52% to 60.300 by the end.

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 533 to 173 while 71 ended the same.

Shares in K&S AG (DE:) rose to 3-years highs; up 4.44% or 0.805 to 18.920. Rheinmetall AG (DE) shares rose to 52 week highs with a gain of 1.77%, or 1.640 to 94.160 Auto1 Group SE (DE) shares fell by 3.90%, or 0.64 to 15.76 to their lowest level in over a decade. CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. shares fell to all-time lows. (DE): Shares in CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. fell 52 weeks ago; dropping 3.52%, or 2.200, to 60.300

The, which is a measure of implied volatility for DAX options was up 14.52% from 20.27.

The February delivery of Gold Futures was lower by 0.26%, or 4.65, to $1811.85 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil for March delivery rose 1.3% or 1.12, to $84.42 per barrel. The March Brent oil contract rose 0.74 or 0.64, to trade at $87.12 per barrel.

EUR/USD dropped 0.75%, to 1.1321, while EUR/GBP declined 0.23% to 0,8338.

At 95.790, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.66%.