Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Resources and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.06% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index added 0.19%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 3.32% or 0.670 points to trade at 20.835 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 2.77% or 0.255 points to end at 9.462 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was up 2.49% or 4.05 points to 166.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 1.67% or 0.230 points to trade at 13.570 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) declined 1.34% or 0.280 points to end at 20.575 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 1.33% or 0.930 points to 68.750.
The top performers on the MDAX were Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which rose 5.91% to 22.300, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 3.77% to settle at 39.320 and Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which gained 1.64% to close at 64.620.
The worst performers were Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was down 7.11% to 136.55 in late trade, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which lost 1.35% to settle at 70.850 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 1.31% to 9.850 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which rose 8.36% to 35.45, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was up 0.88% to settle at 16.030 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 0.79% to close at 32.600.
The worst performers were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 2.93% to 18.299 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 1.79% to settle at 12.620 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 1.78% to 5.580 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 390 to 369 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in Uniper SE (DE:UN01) rose to all time highs; rising 5.91% or 1.245 to 22.300.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.42% to 12.04.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.80 to $1316.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.74% or 0.87 to hit $50.77 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.90% or 1.05 to trade at $56.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.2001, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 91.52.