Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Consumer & Cyclical and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.20%, while the MDAX index added 0.17%, and the TecDAX index added 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 2.65% or 5.00 points to trade at 193.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1) added 1.57% or 3.0500 points to end at 196.8500 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 1.45% or 1.48 points to 103.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 5.82% or 0.641 points to trade at 10.365 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 2.68% or 0.302 points to end at 10.978 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) was down 1.44% or 2.76 points to 189.50.
The top performers on the MDAX were Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which rose 8.20% to 93.420, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 2.59% to settle at 53.820 and Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which gained 2.50% to close at 52.50.
The worst performers were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was down 5.41% to 12.77 in late trade, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which lost 2.78% to settle at 59.500 and Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) which was down 2.13% to 11.0100 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 4.23% to 61.650, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was up 3.32% to settle at 37.300 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 2.99% to close at 15.860.
The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 3.81% to 94.650 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 1.39% to settle at 12.425 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 1.36% to 109.200 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 383 to 304 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.68% or 0.302 to 10.978. Shares in Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) fell to all time lows; losing 2.13% or 0.2400 to 11.0100. Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.23% or 2.500 to 61.650.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.74% to 15.55.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.07% or 0.90 to $1289.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.41% or 0.29 to hit $71.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.20 to trade at $78.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1784, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8747.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.38.