Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Transportation & Logistics and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher while losses in the Media, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.26%, while the MDAX index fell 0.32%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which rose 3.21% or 0.850 points to trade at 27.320 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) added 1.66% or 2.100 points to end at 128.250 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 0.96% or 0.145 points to 15.190 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which fell 1.13% or 0.460 points to trade at 40.110 at the close. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 1.01% or 0.830 points to end at 81.620 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was down 1.01% or 0.105 points to 10.285.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which rose 2.95% to 27.530, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was up 2.52% to settle at 22.775 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which gained 2.08% to close at 8.26.
The worst performers were Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was down 3.43% to 47.160 in late trade, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which lost 2.08% to settle at 39.850 and Kuka AG (DE:KU2G) which was down 1.79% to 106.700 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which rose 0.78% to 46.075, Suess Microtec NA O.N. (DE:SMHNn) which was up 0.74% to settle at 5.994 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which gained 0.60% to close at 15.100.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 6.32% to 53.540 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 4.62% to settle at 15.165 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 4.13% to 83.900 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 507 to 356 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.52% or 0.560 to 22.775.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.92.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.60% or 8.25 to $1364.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 4.00% or 1.58 to hit $41.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.73% or 1.56 to trade at $43.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1148, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.8375.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.51.