Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Telecoms and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retail, Consumer & Cyclical and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.60%, while the MDAX index lost 0.59%, and the TecDAX index added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG), which rose 2.30% or 0.285 points to trade at 12.685 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn) added 1.37% or 0.425 points to end at 31.440 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (XETRA:DTEGn) was up 0.86% or 0.145 points to 16.935 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (XETRA:MUVGn), which fell 1.94% or 3.850 points to trade at 194.950 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (XETRA:BEIG) declined 1.80% or 1.470 points to end at 80.240 and Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) was down 1.79% or 2.000 points to 110.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (XETRA:NAFG) which rose 1.67% to 55.340, Airbus Group (XETRA:AIRG) which was up 1.64% to settle at 65.602 and Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which gained 1.48% to close at 11.970.
The worst performers were A.Springer AG VNA (XETRA:SPRGn) which was down 2.89% to 52.480 in late trade, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (XETRA:BOSSn) which lost 2.86% to settle at 113.700 and Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which was down 2.10% to 30.035 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which rose 3.01% to 3.901, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (XETRA:O2Dn) which was up 2.59% to settle at 5.540 and Morphosys AG O.N. (XETRA:MORG) which gained 2.26% to close at 66.470.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 3.97% to 6.504 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which lost 3.86% to settle at 4.685 and QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which was down 3.13% to 1.889 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 480 to 255 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airbus Group (XETRA:AIRG) rose to all time highs; rising 1.64% or 1.060 to 65.602. Shares in Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (XETRA:O2Dn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.59% or 0.140 to 5.540.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.96% to 21.29.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.10% or 13.20 to $1189.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.41% or 0.23 to hit $56.38 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.77 to trade at $62.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.0723, while EUR/GBP fell 0.73% to 0.7140.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 98.27.