Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.30%, while the MDAX index fell 0.96%, and the TecDAX index lost 1.77%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which rose 1.11% or 0.830 points to trade at 75.670 at the close. Meanwhile, Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) added 0.19% or 0.300 points to end at 156.100 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) was down 0.37% or 0.290 points to 77.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which fell 3.64% or 0.310 points to trade at 8.200 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 3.04% or 0.385 points to end at 12.285 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was down 2.94% or 4.550 points to 150.250.
The top performers on the MDAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which rose 1.07% to 45.425, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 0.84% to settle at 33.575 and Kuka AG (DE:KU2G) which gained 0.83% to close at 102.850.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 4.08% to 26.700 in late trade, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which lost 2.75% to settle at 35.30 and Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which was down 2.23% to 50.530 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which rose 2.04% to 27.28, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 0.70% to settle at 31.660 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 0.50% to close at 16.085.
The worst performers were United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was down 5.61% to 35.480 in late trade, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which lost 3.91% to settle at 39.190 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 3.84% to 61.300 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 678 to 206 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.61% or 2.110 to 35.480.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.92.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.47% or 6.35 to $1350.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.41% or 0.19 to hit $46.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.25 to trade at $49.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1265, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8660.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 94.88.