Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Industrials and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.10%, while the MDAX index lost 0.06%, and the TecDAX index added 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn), which rose 3.95% or 1.23 points to trade at 32.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G) added 1.97% or 1.76 points to end at 90.90 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) was up 1.42% or 0.68 points to 48.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR:HNKG_p), which fell 1.90% or 1.30 points to trade at 67.02 at the close. Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) declined 1.77% or 4.20 points to end at 233.00 and Brenntag AG (ETR:BNRGn) was down 1.47% or 1.06 points to 71.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which rose 3.99% to 100.40, Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was up 3.02% to settle at 34.83 and SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which gained 1.73% to close at 55.85.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 5.94% to 9.96 in late trade, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:FMEG) which lost 4.03% to settle at 39.03 and Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was down 3.48% to 25.54 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) which rose 3.95% to 32.38, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which was up 3.43% to settle at 24.74 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which gained 3.02% to close at 34.83.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 5.94% to 9.96 in late trade, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which lost 3.48% to settle at 25.54 and Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which was down 2.36% to 68.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 403 to 251 and 84 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.26% to 19.08 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 5.85 to $1,835.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.76% or 4.25 to hit $84.98 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.71% or 4.28 to trade at $86.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 106.48.