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Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.13%

Published 05/31/2017, 12:15 PM
Updated 05/31/2017, 12:15 PM
© Reuters.  Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.13%

© Reuters. Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.13%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Transportation & Logistics and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.13%, while the MDAX index fell 0.40%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.21%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 2.87% or 0.217 points to trade at 7.788 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) added 2.73% or 2.260 points to end at 85.160 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 2.47% or 0.435 points to 18.080 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 3.47% or 0.560 points to trade at 15.575 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 2.09% or 2.85 points to end at 133.75 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was down 2.04% or 3.55 points to 170.25.

The top performers on the MDAX were Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which rose 4.05% to 17.355, Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was up 2.78% to settle at 65.86 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 2.05% to close at 97.60.

The worst performers were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was down 11.05% to 11.35 in late trade, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which lost 4.11% to settle at 14.71 and Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 3.28% to 4.75 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 4.81% to 25.180, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was up 2.21% to settle at 52.350 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 2.19% to close at 4.428.

The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 3.01% to 5.856 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 2.25% to settle at 42.495 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 1.97% to 20.180 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 393 to 357 and 26 ended unchanged.

Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.47% or 0.435 to 18.080. Shares in Uniper SE (DE:UN01) rose to all time highs; rising 4.05% or 0.675 to 17.355. Shares in Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.78% or 1.78 to 65.86.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.07% to 13.44.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.35% or 4.47 to $1266.57 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.30% or 1.14 to hit $48.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.35% or 1.23 to trade at $51.01 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1233, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8712.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 96.94.

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