Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Financial Services and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.44%, while the MDAX index lost 0.23%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 1.74% or 0.200 points to trade at 11.675 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 1.57% or 0.097 points to end at 6.258 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 1.53% or 0.215 points to 14.305 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 2.56% or 0.560 points to trade at 21.350 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 2.23% or 0.73 points to end at 32.20 and Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) was down 2.16% or 3.300 points to 149.400.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 12.04% to 94.280, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was up 4.75% to settle at 56.500 and Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which gained 3.74% to close at 55.290.
The worst performers were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 6.59% to 41.890 in late trade, Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (DE:DWNG) which lost 3.14% to settle at 29.615 and LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was down 3.13% to 77.500 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which rose 3.60% to 37.40, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 3.30% to settle at 27.270 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 2.54% to close at 3.760.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (F:AIXC) which was down 10.48% to 4.477 in late trade, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which lost 2.83% to settle at 9.038 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 2.30% to 12.125 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 529 to 346 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aixtron SE (F:AIXC) fell to all time lows; falling 10.48% or 0.524 to 4.477. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.30% or 0.870 to 27.270.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.70% to 18.16.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.42% or 5.35 to $1268.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.06% or 0.53 to hit $49.43 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.38% or 0.70 to trade at $50.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.0917, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8925.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 98.53.