Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.44%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.46%, and the TecDAX index added 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p), which rose 5.19% or 5.500 points to trade at 111.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) added 3.94% or 0.450 points to end at 11.880 and Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG) was up 1.88% or 1.480 points to 80.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG), which fell 2.78% or 1.265 points to trade at 44.310 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) declined 2.05% or 0.194 points to end at 9.249 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) was down 1.29% or 0.210 points to 16.045.
The top performers on the MDAX were Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ZILGn) which rose 4.92% to 18.240, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (XETRA:NOEJ) which was up 4.17% to settle at 45.500 and Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (XETRA:DWNG) which gained 2.98% to close at 23.340.
The worst performers were Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (XETRA:GWIG) which was down 1.94% to 14.160 in late trade, LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) which lost 1.17% to settle at 71.850 and Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which was down 1.17% to 35.330 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which rose 4.59% to 9.757, Wirecard AG (XETRA:WDIG) which was up 3.04% to settle at 40.640 and Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which gained 2.58% to close at 4.049.
The worst performers were QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which was down 2.90% to 1.509 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which lost 2.74% to settle at 29.075 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was down 2.62% to 29.765 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 369 to 310 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.29% or 0.210 to 16.045. Shares in Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (XETRA:GWIG) fell to 5-year lows; falling 1.94% or 0.280 to 14.160.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.41% to 26.28.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.52% or 5.80 to $1130.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.44% or 1.13 to hit $45.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.61 to trade at $48.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1164, while EUR/GBP rose 1.08% to 0.7318.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.46.