Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical, Transportation & Logistics and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retail, Media and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.23% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index fell 0.23%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 2.07% or 4.87 points to trade at 240.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) added 1.63% or 1.445 points to end at 90.365 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 1.30% or 0.68 points to 52.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n), which fell 3.37% or 0.89 points to trade at 25.55 at the close. Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) declined 2.43% or 2.75 points to end at 110.65 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was down 2.40% or 3.52 points to 143.45.
The top performers on the MDAX were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) which rose 2.67% to 99.460, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) which was up 2.43% to settle at 11.165 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which gained 1.82% to close at 110.66.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 12.43% to 62.960 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 6.00% to settle at 18.010 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 4.18% to 18.1250 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) which rose 0.43% to 17.243, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 0.32% to settle at 17.273 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 0.23% to close at 26.360.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 12.43% to 62.960 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 6.00% to settle at 18.010 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 3.29% to 30.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 360 to 328 and 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) rose to 3-years highs; up 1.63% or 1.445 to 90.365. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 12.43% or 8.940 to 62.960. Shares in Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.82% or 1.98 to 110.66. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 12.43% or 8.940 to 62.960.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.22% to 18.91.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.19% or 3.65 to $1908.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.33% or 0.90 to hit $68.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.87 to trade at $71.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.2213, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8618.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 89.900.