Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Chemicals and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.57%, while the MDAX index declined 0.46%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGAA O.N. (DE:MRK), which rose 1.17% or 1.050 points to trade at 91.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (DE:DB1Gn) added 0.95% or 0.750 points to end at 79.500 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 0.88% or 0.27 points to 31.07 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which fell 3.11% or 0.275 points to trade at 8.560 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 2.93% or 0.345 points to end at 11.420 and Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (DE:BMWG) was down 2.58% or 1.960 points to 73.930.
The top performers on the MDAX were DMG Mori Seiki AG (DE:GILG) which rose 1.58% to 42.000, Kuka AG (DE:KU2G) which was up 1.56% to settle at 107.650 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 1.43% to close at 34.43.
The worst performers were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 4.10% to 45.030 in late trade, Salzgitter AG O.N. (DE:SZGG) which lost 2.89% to settle at 27.860 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 2.83% to 25.60 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 8.53% to 27.730, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 2.01% to settle at 253.250 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 1.99% to close at 53.200.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 3.85% to 14.840 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which lost 1.65% to settle at 8.870 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 1.64% to 9.227 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 559 to 280 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; rising 2.01% or 5.000 to 253.250. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; up 1.99% or 1.040 to 53.200.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.92% to 21.30.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.69% or 8.35 to $1209.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $49.05 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.08 to trade at $49.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1155, while EUR/GBP rose 0.99% to 0.7747.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 95.62.