Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Transportation & Logistics and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Media, Food & Beverages and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.13%, while the MDAX index declined 0.19%, and the TecDAX index added 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 4.45% or 0.350 points to trade at 8.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) added 4.22% or 0.640 points to end at 15.790 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was up 2.68% or 0.570 points to 21.845 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which fell 2.88% or 1.170 points to trade at 39.465 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 1.06% or 0.076 points to end at 7.123 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was down 0.87% or 0.780 points to 88.760.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which rose 3.63% to 11.98, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was up 2.66% to settle at 83.750 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which gained 2.43% to close at 15.41.
The worst performers were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 4.77% to 38.42 in late trade, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which lost 2.31% to settle at 68.010 and Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 1.99% to 4.58 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which rose 3.13% to 12.407, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 2.62% to settle at 197.75 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which gained 2.53% to close at 10.205.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.06% to 23.805 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 1.60% to settle at 11.720 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 0.94% to 12.670 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 405 to 347 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.63% or 0.42 to 11.98. Shares in Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.66% or 2.170 to 83.750.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.78% to 21.17.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.94% or 12.10 to $1282.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.62% or 0.85 to hit $51.56 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.71% or 0.94 to trade at $53.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.0713, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8373.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 99.69.