Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical, Food & Beverages and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Industrials and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.70%, while the MDAX index declined 0.27%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Henkel AG & Co Kgaa Vzo (DE:HNKG_p), which rose 6.70% or 6.410 points to trade at 102.050 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) added 2.31% or 1.850 points to end at 81.830 and Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) was up 1.79% or 1.580 points to 89.780 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn), which fell 3.69% or 0.910 points to trade at 23.775 at the close. Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) declined 2.99% or 0.810 points to end at 26.240 and Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) was down 2.52% or 1.215 points to 47.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXId) which rose 3.42% to 73.850, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was up 2.16% to settle at 49.810 and Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (DE:SZUG) which gained 1.70% to close at 17.925.
The worst performers were Osram Licht (DE:OSRn) which was down 29.04% to 37.100 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which lost 7.55% to settle at 57.040 and Leoni AG NA O.N. (DE:LEOGn) which was down 5.56% to 32.770 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which rose 5.61% to 6.909, Bechtle AG O.N. (DE:BC8G) which was up 4.27% to settle at 85.950 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which gained 2.92% to close at 39.995.
The worst performers were Jenoptik AG O.N. (DE:JENG) which was down 9.73% to 13.365 in late trade, STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which lost 5.10% to settle at 49.710 and LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which was down 4.99% to 7.700 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 430 to 256 and 40 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.79% or 1.580 to 89.780. Shares in Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXId) rose to all time highs; rising 3.42% or 2.440 to 73.850. Shares in Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (DE:SZUG) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.70% or 0.300 to 17.925. Shares in Bechtle AG O.N. (DE:BC8G) rose to all time highs; up 4.27% or 3.520 to 85.950.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.04% to 20.44.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.19% or 2.10 to $1086.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.56% or 1.13 to hit $43.08 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.64% or 1.27 to trade at $46.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.0732, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.7059.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 99.12.