Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Financial Services, Transportation & Logistics and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.80%, while the MDAX index lost 0.21%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG), which rose 2.20% or 1.690 points to trade at 78.420 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) added 1.88% or 0.455 points to end at 24.595 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) was up 1.73% or 0.210 points to 12.340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG), which fell 0.48% or 0.460 points to trade at 95.140 at the close. Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn) added 0.04% or 0.010 points to end at 26.950 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) was up 0.12% or 0.015 points to 12.625.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which rose 5.78% to 34.745, Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (XETRA:GWIG) which was up 5.19% to settle at 31.290 and Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which gained 4.84% to close at 15.495.
The worst performers were Gagfah SA Nom. (XETRA:GFJG) which was down 12.61% to 14.000 in late trade, Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE (XETRA:ANNGn) which lost 5.19% to settle at 27.66 and Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (XETRA:DWNG) which was down 3.87% to 21.365 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which rose 5.87% to 2.147, LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) which was up 4.87% to settle at 8.510 and Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which gained 4.70% to close at 6.600.
The worst performers were BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) which was down 1.58% to 279.500 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which lost 0.75% to settle at 18.620 and Wirecard AG (XETRA:WDIG) which was down 0.25% to 37.525 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 440 to 305 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.84% or 0.715 to 15.495. Shares in Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) rose to 3-years highs; rising 4.70% or 0.296 to 6.600.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.72% to 23.03.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.39% or 4.60 to $1189.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.88% or 1.15 to hit $60.11 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.07% or 1.35 to trade at $64.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.10% to 1.1276, while EUR/GBP rose 1.09% to 0.7346.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.72% at 95.30.