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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.34%, while the MDAX index lost 1.78%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.05%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR: ENR1n ), which rose 4.98% or 2.52 points to trade at 53.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ) added 3.13% or 35.00 points to end at 1,154.00 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR: MTXGn ) was up 3.08% or 9.50 points to 317.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR: HNKG_p ), which fell 10.36% or 8.98 points to trade at 77.74 at the close. Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR: DTGGe ) declined 5.34% or 2.30 points to end at 40.74 and BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR: BASFN ) was down 4.01% or 2.12 points to 50.81.

The top performers on the MDAX were Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR: RDC ) which rose 9.10% to 133.10, Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) which was up 5.12% to settle at 64.65 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR: NDXG ) which gained 2.83% to close at 15.65.

The worst performers were HelloFresh SE (ETR: HFGG ) which was down 18.45% to 8.20 in late trade, Traton SE (ETR: 8TRA ) which lost 8.09% to settle at 34.10 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR: DHER ) which was down 6.19% to 26.20 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) which rose 5.12% to 64.65, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR: NDXG ) which was up 2.83% to settle at 15.65 and SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR: SMHNn ) which gained 2.18% to close at 35.15.

The worst performers were Nagarro SE (ETR: NA9n ) which was down 7.08% to 77.40 in late trade, Siltronic AG (ETR: WAFGn ) which lost 4.90% to settle at 43.06 and Formycon AG (ETR: FYB ) which was down 3.18% to 24.35 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 471 to 158 and 22 ended unchanged.

Shares in Formycon AG (ETR: FYB ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.18% or 0.80 to 24.35.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.83% to 22.81 a new 6-months high.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.82% or 23.79 to $2,923.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.38% or 0.25 to hit $66.28 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.35 to trade at $69.63 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.84% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.43% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 103.33.