Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Insurance and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Financial Services, Food & Beverages and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.20%, while the MDAX index lost 0.58%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Allianz SE VNA O.N. (XETRA:ALVG), which rose 2.42% or 3.650 points to trade at 154.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) added 2.05% or 0.220 points to end at 10.975 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) was up 1.37% or 0.170 points to 12.560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p), which fell 3.37% or 7.700 points to trade at 220.800 at the close. Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) declined 2.25% or 2.400 points to end at 104.100 and Adidas AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ADSGN) was down 0.77% or 0.570 points to 73.310.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which rose 5.23% to 69.680, DMG Mori Seiki AG (XETRA:GILG) which was up 3.16% to settle at 32.350 and Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which gained 2.41% to close at 8.610.
The worst performers were Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (XETRA:DWNG) which was down 4.98% to 21.830 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (XETRA:WCHG) which lost 4.25% to settle at 109.200 and Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which was down 3.57% to 45.394 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (XETRA:NDXG) which rose 8.25% to 20.930, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was up 5.11% to settle at 6.464 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which gained 3.94% to close at 114.850.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (XETRA:WDIG) which was down 6.41% to 35.700 in late trade, Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which lost 6.05% to settle at 4.647 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (XETRA:PV) which was down 2.40% to 84.980 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 461 to 286 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in DMG Mori Seiki AG (XETRA:GILG) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.16% or 0.990 to 32.350. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (XETRA:NDXG) rose to 3-years highs; up 8.25% or 1.595 to 20.930.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 24.18 a new 52-week high.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.31% or 3.70 to $1189.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.32% or 0.80 to hit $61.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.66 to trade at $68.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.32% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP rose 0.99% to 0.7439.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.05% at 94.27.