Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Software and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.23% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index lost 0.26%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which rose 1.97% or 1.89 points to trade at 97.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) added 1.17% or 1.35 points to end at 116.90 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was up 1.07% or 0.385 points to 36.450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which fell 1.54% or 0.145 points to trade at 9.300 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.52% or 0.405 points to end at 26.295 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 1.31% or 0.275 points to 20.645.
The top performers on the MDAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which rose 3.74% to 68.160, Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which was up 1.55% to settle at 558.55 and Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which gained 0.97% to close at 71.790.
The worst performers were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 2.26% to 76.700 in late trade, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which lost 2.03% to settle at 20.480 and Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was down 1.87% to 64.010 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 3.02% to 10.200, Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which was up 2.59% to settle at 62.300 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which gained 1.11% to close at 88.020.
The worst performers were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 4.43% to 11.855 in late trade, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which lost 2.40% to settle at 58.070 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.12% to 9.620 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 400 to 347 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.07% or 0.385 to 36.450. Shares in Rational AG (BS:RAAd) rose to all time highs; up 1.55% or 8.50 to 558.55. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 2.12% or 0.208 to 9.620.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.95% to 12.91 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.44% or 5.84 to $1326.86 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.53% or 0.74 to hit $48.97 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.12% or 0.61 to trade at $54.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.60% to 1.1894, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.9001.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 92.39.