Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Construction, Chemicals and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.34%, while the MDAX index declined 1.17%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG), which rose 3.65% or 1.14 points to trade at 32.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG) added 3.63% or 6.30 points to end at 179.65 and Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) was up 3.48% or 2.12 points to 62.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG), which fell 4.53% or 65.50 points to trade at 1,380.00 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG) declined 3.66% or 0.91 points to end at 23.93 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) was down 2.29% or 5.60 points to 239.20.
The top performers on the MDAX were Tui AG NA (ETR:TUI1n) which rose 4.61% to 7.40, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was up 2.35% to settle at 69.60 and Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC) which gained 2.15% to close at 133.30.
The worst performers were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was down 9.31% to 71.15 in late trade, Traton SE (ETR:8TRA) which lost 6.18% to settle at 33.40 and Hypoport AG (ETR:HYQGn) which was down 4.65% to 166.20 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which rose 2.35% to 69.60, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which was up 1.21% to settle at 28.34 and Bechtle AG (ETR:BC8G) which gained 1.19% to close at 40.82.
The worst performers were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was down 9.31% to 71.15 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which lost 2.29% to settle at 239.20 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 2.09% to 12.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 322 to 292 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG) rose to all time highs; up 3.63% or 6.30 to 179.65. Shares in Hypoport AG (ETR:HYQGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.65% or 8.10 to 166.20.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.83% to 22.81 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.04% or 1.35 to $3,042.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.94% or 0.63 to hit $67.38 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.63 to trade at $71.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.36% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 103.41.