Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Utilities and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.08%, while the MDAX index added 0.60%, and the TecDAX index added 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 2.51% or 3.650 points to trade at 148.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde PLC (DE:LINI) added 1.73% or 2.900 points to end at 170.100 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 1.48% or 0.140 points to 9.593 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 2.47% or 0.300 points to trade at 11.835 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.71% or 2.16 points to end at 124.00 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 1.65% or 0.103 points to 6.138.
The top performers on the MDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which rose 2.45% to 85.850, Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was up 2.31% to settle at 34.6000 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.30% to close at 21.770.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 2.37% to 74.14 in late trade, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which lost 2.16% to settle at 6.348 and Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was down 1.98% to 46.000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which rose 4.00% to 20.56, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was up 2.99% to settle at 7.745 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 2.51% to close at 148.800.
The worst performers were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 1.45% to 33.98 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 1.41% to settle at 15.390 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 1.35% to 23.440 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 375 to 311 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Linde PLC (DE:LINI) rose to all time highs; rising 1.73% or 2.900 to 170.100.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.95% to 16.66.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.37% or 4.95 to $1333.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.83% or 2.05 to hit $51.43 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.53% or 1.57 to trade at $60.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1236, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.197.