Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Telecoms and Insurance sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Technology and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.17% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index fell 0.41%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n), which rose 3.74% or 0.92 points to trade at 25.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) added 2.12% or 1.680 points to end at 80.870 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) was up 1.91% or 2.10 points to 111.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which fell 2.96% or 8.72 points to trade at 285.88 at the close. Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) declined 2.80% or 15.600 points to end at 542.000 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) was down 1.50% or 1.15 points to 75.28.
The top performers on the MDAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which rose 3.51% to 6.935, Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was up 2.56% to settle at 23.045 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COP1n) which gained 2.22% to close at 76.000.
The worst performers were TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 5.95% to 13.67 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which lost 4.34% to settle at 109.200 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 3.65% to 175.650 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 14.59% to 47.760, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 4.23% to settle at 14.790 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which gained 2.56% to close at 23.045.
The worst performers were TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 5.95% to 13.67 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which lost 4.52% to settle at 33.340 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 4.34% to 109.200 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 339 to 331 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.51% or 0.235 to 6.935. Shares in Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) rose to 3-years highs; up 2.56% or 0.575 to 23.045. Shares in Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 2.56% or 0.575 to 23.045.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.34% to 16.52.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.40% or 25.60 to $1856.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.51% or 1.27 to hit $82.88 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.78 to trade at $84.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1529, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8543.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 94.498.