Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Transportation & Logistics and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.28%, while the MDAX index declined 0.13%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 1.35% or 0.109 points to trade at 8.172 at the close. Meanwhile, Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) added 0.43% or 0.90 points to end at 209.80 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 0.42% or 0.90 points to 217.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which fell 2.04% or 1.400 points to trade at 67.240 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) declined 1.81% or 0.360 points to end at 19.540 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was down 1.50% or 0.340 points to 22.270.
The top performers on the MDAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which rose 4.28% to 34.13, Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which was up 3.50% to settle at 45.800 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which gained 1.91% to close at 28.330.
The worst performers were Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 6.23% to 7.53 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 4.49% to settle at 82.880 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.59% to 89.9500 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 2.71% to 11.755, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 2.17% to settle at 26.8800 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 1.68% to close at 37.520.
The worst performers were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 7.13% to 8.660 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 4.49% to settle at 82.880 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.59% to 89.950 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 399 to 288 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) rose to all time highs; rising 0.43% or 0.90 to 209.80. Shares in Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.42% or 0.90 to 217.60. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.71% or 0.310 to 11.755.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.04% to 14.32 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.16% or 2.05 to $1286.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.53% or 0.30 to hit $56.26 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.14 to trade at $66.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.00% to 1.1306, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8588.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.815.