Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Financial Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Consumer & Cyclical and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.13%, while the MDAX index gained 0.25%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which rose 2.83% or 4.70 points to trade at 170.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 1.80% or 0.345 points to end at 19.555 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was up 1.52% or 0.250 points to 16.650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn), which fell 1.62% or 1.090 points to trade at 66.100 at the close. BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) declined 1.04% or 0.890 points to end at 84.600 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 0.99% or 0.170 points to 16.950.
The top performers on the MDAX were Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which rose 2.09% to 15.41, Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which was up 2.07% to settle at 12.070 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which gained 1.33% to close at 36.880.
The worst performers were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 3.65% to 65.450 in late trade, Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which lost 2.27% to settle at 30.625 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 1.99% to 95.50 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 9.41% to 11.165, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 4.91% to settle at 65.640 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 4.52% to close at 227.95.
The worst performers were Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 1.20% to 123.00 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 0.97% to settle at 102.500 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 0.34% to 20.695 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 429 to 301 and 20 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.80% or 0.345 to 19.555. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.91% or 3.070 to 65.640. Shares in Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) rose to all time highs; rising 4.52% or 9.85 to 227.95.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.54% to 12.94.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.15 to $1251.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.58% or 0.30 to hit $51.17 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.54% or 0.29 to trade at $53.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1178, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8639.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 97.32.