Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Retail and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.16% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index fell 0.34%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 2.59% or 1.960 points to trade at 77.490 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 1.53% or 1.70 points to end at 112.65 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was up 1.42% or 0.129 points to 9.202 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which fell 1.30% or 0.094 points to trade at 7.155 at the close. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) declined 1.11% or 0.180 points to end at 16.050 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was down 0.92% or 0.810 points to 86.900.
The top performers on the MDAX were Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which rose 2.73% to 15.610, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was up 2.06% to settle at 33.520 and Hannover Rueck SE (DE:HNRGn) which gained 1.21% to close at 113.15.
The worst performers were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 2.86% to 67.250 in late trade, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which lost 2.07% to settle at 15.16 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 1.94% to 63.740 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which rose 3.69% to 5.335, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 2.13% to settle at 4.605 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 1.80% to close at 23.750.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 3.62% to 83.500 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which lost 3.38% to settle at 9.457 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 3.34% to 13.387 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 422 to 344 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) rose to 3-years highs; up 2.59% or 1.960 to 77.490. Shares in Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.42% or 0.129 to 9.202. Shares in Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.06% or 0.675 to 33.520. Shares in Hannover Rueck SE (DE:HNRGn) rose to all time highs; rising 1.21% or 1.35 to 113.15.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.03% to 15.11.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.55% or 6.92 to $1250.08 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $47.60 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.05 to trade at $50.51 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.0920, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8456.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 98.92.