Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Food & Beverages and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.17%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.45%, and the TecDAX index added 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 3.43% or 0.680 points to trade at 20.485 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 2.87% or 0.275 points to end at 9.862 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was up 2.01% or 0.465 points to 23.605 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN), which fell 0.84% or 0.760 points to trade at 89.240 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 0.51% or 1.00 points to end at 194.00 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was down 0.40% or 0.70 points to 175.20.
The top performers on the MDAX were GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which rose 5.82% to 39.995, Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was up 3.00% to settle at 114.850 and Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which gained 2.29% to close at 17.440.
The worst performers were Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was down 1.41% to 139.90 in late trade, Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which lost 1.27% to settle at 77.766 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 1.05% to 75.700 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 6.75% to 13.045, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 2.36% to settle at 11.255 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 2.09% to close at 36.805.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 1.36% to 9.982 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which lost 1.19% to settle at 45.290 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 0.96% to 18.917 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 425 to 318 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.87% or 0.275 to 9.862.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.24% to 12.17.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.68 to $1290.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.98 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.16 to trade at $56.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1848, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.8970.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 92.89.