Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Retail and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Technology and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.33%, while the MDAX index added 0.28%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 4.52% or 0.690 points to trade at 15.945 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 2.51% or 0.233 points to end at 9.523 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 0.86% or 0.28 points to 32.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which fell 2.24% or 0.305 points to trade at 13.290 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.84% or 3.300 points to end at 176.350 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was down 1.73% or 0.103 points to 5.841.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which rose 4.45% to 70.390, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 2.72% to settle at 26.630 and Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which gained 2.58% to close at 53.000.
The worst performers were Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 3.16% to 21.620 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which lost 1.96% to settle at 54.080 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was down 1.82% to 8.25 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (DE:SMHNn) which rose 2.87% to 6.914, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 1.69% to settle at 37.340 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 1.52% to close at 50.850.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 2.11% to 26.915 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 1.29% to settle at 25.550 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 0.85% to 37.850 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 444 to 406 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 4.45% or 3.000 to 70.390. Shares in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) rose to all time highs; up 1.69% or 0.620 to 37.340.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.01% to 20.47.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.58% or 7.75 to $1343.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.72% or 1.74 to hit $45.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.88% or 1.88 to trade at $46.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1107, while EUR/GBP rose 0.90% to 0.8426.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 96.18.