Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Construction sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Industrials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.26% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index fell 0.10%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 4.62% or 1.070 points to trade at 24.240 at the close. Meanwhile, Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 2.18% or 1.850 points to end at 86.890 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 2.04% or 1.580 points to 79.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which fell 1.94% or 2.800 points to trade at 141.350 at the close. Siemens AG (DE:SIEGn) declined 1.00% or 1.250 points to end at 123.750 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was down 0.92% or 1.000 points to 107.900.
The top performers on the MDAX were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which rose 1.91% to 58.690, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was up 1.50% to settle at 70.590 and Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which gained 1.09% to close at 48.910.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 2.06% to 37.855 in late trade, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which lost 1.76% to settle at 38.235 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 1.72% to 80.560 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which rose 2.44% to 184.450, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 2.24% to settle at 4.025 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 2.19% to close at 39.035.
The worst performers were Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) which was down 6.38% to 0.044 in late trade, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which lost 2.61% to settle at 45.105 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 1.37% to 43.300 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 391 to 359 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.18% or 1.850 to 86.890.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.27% to 14.12.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.46% or 5.65 to $1233.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.45% or 0.79 to hit $53.54 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.52% or 0.86 to trade at $55.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.0561, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.36.