Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Retail, Construction and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.49%, while the MDAX index lost 0.79%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG), which rose 3.81% or 1.49 points to trade at 40.57 at the close. Meanwhile, BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR:BASFN) added 3.23% or 1.53 points to end at 49.04 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:FREG) was up 3.14% or 1.07 points to 35.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG), which fell 10.12% or 4.30 points to trade at 38.20 at the close. Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) declined 6.44% or 2.31 points to end at 33.58 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:FMEG) was down 3.97% or 2.40 points to 58.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which rose 8.11% to 12.66, Lanxess AG (ETR:LXSG) which was up 3.62% to settle at 38.08 and Evonik Industries AG (ETR:EVKn) which gained 2.19% to close at 25.70.
The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which was down 16.32% to 37.54 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) which lost 4.18% to settle at 213.10 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:LHAG) which was down 3.48% to 7.10 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which rose 8.11% to 12.66, Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) which was up 3.09% to settle at 51.98 and Software AG (ETR:SOWGn) which gained 1.51% to close at 29.52.
The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which was down 16.32% to 37.54 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which lost 4.23% to settle at 19.46 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which was down 3.74% to 337.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 437 to 240 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 16.32% or 7.32 to 37.54. Shares in Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 16.32% or 7.32 to 37.54. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.23% or 0.86 to 19.46. Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.74% or 13.10 to 337.20.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.52% to 30.50.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.16% or 2.95 to $1,867.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 5.14% or 5.26 to hit $107.67 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 4.70% or 4.93 to trade at $109.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 103.38.