Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Construction sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.53%, while the MDAX index gained 0.17%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 2.04% or 0.169 points to trade at 8.435 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 0.94% or 0.145 points to end at 15.560 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 0.33% or 0.35 points to 107.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which fell 1.52% or 3.10 points to trade at 200.20 at the close. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 1.40% or 1.110 points to end at 77.970 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was down 1.16% or 1.85 points to 157.50.
The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 1.97% to 4.55, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was up 1.42% to settle at 31.130 and Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which gained 1.22% to close at 30.805.
The worst performers were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 2.45% to 40.29 in late trade, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which lost 1.75% to settle at 50.650 and Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 1.52% to 20.990 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 6.79% to 12.660, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 3.95% to settle at 9.823 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which gained 3.28% to close at 10.790.
The worst performers were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 5.05% to 91.890 in late trade, Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which lost 1.87% to settle at 26.470 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 1.43% to 23.405 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 386 to 354 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.95% or 0.373 to 9.823.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.92% to 16.72 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.67% or 8.45 to $1249.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.51% or 0.26 to hit $51.29 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.34 to trade at $54.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.0659, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8541.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 100.53.