Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Consumer & Cyclical and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.13%, while the MDAX index added 0.39%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which rose 1.32% or 1.60 points to trade at 123.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) added 0.94% or 1.65 points to end at 177.45 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was up 0.92% or 0.760 points to 83.390 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 1.89% or 0.425 points to trade at 22.035 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 1.08% or 0.940 points to end at 86.150 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was down 1.03% or 0.9000 points to 86.5900.
The top performers on the MDAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which rose 3.35% to 39.96, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was up 2.13% to settle at 36.620 and Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which gained 2.05% to close at 107.150.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 3.33% to 31.740 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which lost 1.95% to settle at 98.20 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 1.76% to 15.37 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 2.68% to 10.330, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was up 2.33% to settle at 12.750 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 1.91% to close at 81.080.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was down 4.75% to 3.608 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 3.70% to settle at 63.530 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 3.38% to 36.32 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 412 to 306 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.32% or 1.60 to 123.20. Shares in Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.05% or 2.150 to 107.150. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.68% or 0.270 to 10.330.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.82% to 19.98.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.11% or 1.45 to $1275.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.52% or 0.28 to hit $53.12 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.39 to trade at $55.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.0608, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.59.