Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction, Technology and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Insurance and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.08% to hit a new 1-month low, while the MDAX index added 0.08%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.52% or 0.220 points to trade at 14.725 at the close. Meanwhile, Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) added 0.97% or 0.760 points to end at 79.310 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was up 0.83% or 0.680 points to 82.410 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which fell 2.05% or 0.225 points to trade at 10.745 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 1.45% or 1.040 points to end at 70.900 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 1.44% or 0.097 points to 6.652.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 2.34% to 33.055, STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which was up 2.16% to settle at 48.790 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 1.86% to close at 54.25.
The worst performers were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was down 5.09% to 85.090 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which lost 3.28% to settle at 75.540 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 1.84% to 50.280 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 3.31% to 32.885, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 3.06% to settle at 33.700 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 2.82% to close at 10.950.
The worst performers were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 3.63% to 62.920 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 2.61% to settle at 36.245 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.10% to 29.630 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 433 to 422 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) fell to all time lows; down 1.44% or 0.097 to 6.652. Shares in Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.09% or 4.560 to 85.090. Shares in Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) rose to all time highs; rising 1.86% or 0.99 to 54.25.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.36% to 20.50.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.75 to $1327.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.09% or 0.94 to hit $43.96 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.93% or 0.91 to trade at $46.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1265, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8538.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 95.26.