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Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.44%

Published 11/15/2017, 12:15 PM
Updated 11/15/2017, 12:15 PM
© Reuters.  Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.44%

© Reuters. Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.44%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Technology and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.44%, while the MDAX index fell 0.75%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.34%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 1.91% or 0.295 points to trade at 15.760 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 1.84% or 0.215 points to end at 11.870 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was up 1.80% or 1.630 points to 91.940 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 1.90% or 0.400 points to trade at 20.655 at the close. Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) declined 1.64% or 1.90 points to end at 113.90 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 1.49% or 1.000 points to 66.210.

The top performers on the MDAX were Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which rose 2.49% to 85.526, Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was up 1.20% to settle at 31.600 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which gained 1.00% to close at 40.220.

The worst performers were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 5.14% to 19.490 in late trade, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which lost 4.31% to settle at 49.12 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 4.05% to 67.810 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which rose 6.51% to 16.758, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was up 4.66% to settle at 42.49 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which gained 1.11% to close at 27.690.

The worst performers were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 4.48% to 70.740 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 3.82% to settle at 10.450 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 3.67% to 132.450 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 536 to 210 and 43 ended unchanged.

Shares in Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.66% or 1.89 to 42.49.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.46% to 15.18 a new 1-month high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.58 to $1278.32 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.29 to trade at $61.92 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1798, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8959.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.74.

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