Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Retail, Financial Services and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.01%, while the MDAX index declined 0.42%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 2.23% or 1.000 points to trade at 45.775 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 1.40% or 0.464 points to end at 33.492 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 1.32% or 1.55 points to 119.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n), which fell 1.75% or 0.46 points to trade at 25.78 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 1.02% or 1.500 points to end at 145.150 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 0.89% or 0.280 points to 31.210.
The top performers on the MDAX were Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which rose 3.69% to 40.730, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was up 3.59% to settle at 142.650 and K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which gained 2.14% to close at 12.400.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.28% to 61.240 in late trade, HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which lost 2.80% to settle at 82.52 and Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which was down 2.52% to 87.100 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which rose 3.69% to 40.730, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was up 3.59% to settle at 142.650 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 2.13% to close at 71.100.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.28% to 61.240 in late trade, Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which lost 2.19% to settle at 38.905 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 1.70% to 161.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 403 to 290 and 69 ended unchanged.
Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.28% or 2.080 to 61.240. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.28% or 2.080 to 61.240. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.13% or 1.480 to 71.100.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.57% to 17.43.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.61% or 10.95 to $1820.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.07% or 1.56 to hit $73.69 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.69% or 1.29 to trade at $75.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1827, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8538.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 92.433.