Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Media, Construction and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.45%, while the MDAX index lost 0.11%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 0.44% or 0.060 points to trade at 13.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 0.34% or 0.240 points to end at 70.650 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was up 0.18% or 0.150 points to 82.370 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which fell 3.74% or 1.275 points to trade at 32.810 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.16% or 0.295 points to end at 25.100 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was down 0.99% or 0.800 points to 80.170.
The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which rose 4.46% to 20.750, STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which was up 1.68% to settle at 78.000 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 1.05% to close at 106.30.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 2.71% to 54.590 in late trade, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which lost 2.07% to settle at 11.82 and RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was down 1.63% to 65.920 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which rose 6.45% to 16.100, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 2.04% to settle at 7.599 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which gained 1.62% to close at 30.71.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 7.66% to 5.823 in late trade, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which lost 2.27% to settle at 15.900 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.08% to 11.560 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 441 to 317 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) rose to all time highs; up 1.68% or 1.290 to 78.000. Shares in Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.66% or 0.483 to 5.823.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.36% to 15.56.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.73 to $1292.73 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.07% or 0.51 to hit $48.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.60 to trade at $52.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.1800, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.9227.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.22.