Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Construction and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.28%, while the MDAX index declined 0.20%, and the TecDAX index added 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 3.20% or 0.189 points to trade at 6.087 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 2.34% or 0.290 points to end at 12.685 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was up 2.24% or 0.235 points to 10.715 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which fell 2.37% or 1.790 points to trade at 73.860 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 1.16% or 0.42 points to end at 35.66 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 0.62% or 0.095 points to 15.300.
The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which rose 1.99% to 18.155, RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was up 1.74% to settle at 79.420 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which gained 1.54% to close at 8.69.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 3.66% to 5.88 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 2.57% to settle at 22.410 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which was down 1.44% to 48.620 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which rose 4.15% to 16.170, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 3.16% to settle at 31.650 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 1.25% to close at 42.915.
The worst performers were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (DE:SMHNn) which was down 1.26% to 6.340 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which lost 1.12% to settle at 54.630 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was down 1.09% to 186.450 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 459 to 411 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.15% or 0.645 to 16.170.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.92.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.10% or 14.85 to $1331.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.85% or 1.37 to hit $46.73 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.82% or 0.91 to trade at $49.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.40% to 1.1261, while EUR/GBP fell 0.74% to 0.8502.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 94.75.