Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Construction, Chemicals and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.52%, while the MDAX index fell 0.26%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which rose 4.81% or 4.50 points to trade at 98.00 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 3.39% or 0.294 points to end at 8.969 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was up 2.57% or 1.340 points to 53.380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which fell 4.86% or 7.625 points to trade at 149.375 at the close. Linde PLC (DE:LINI) declined 3.37% or 4.750 points to end at 136.050 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was down 3.21% or 2.14 points to 64.50.
The top performers on the MDAX were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which rose 6.67% to 41.280, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 5.33% to settle at 18.685 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 2.13% to close at 86.48.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 5.44% to 77.160 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 4.14% to settle at 97.3000 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 3.85% to 30.180 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 14.33% to 0.12, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 3.20% to settle at 274.50 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 2.65% to close at 37.980.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 10.44% to 33.1200 in late trade, Shop Apotheke Europe NV (DE:SAEG) which lost 10.18% to settle at 40.600 and Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA (DE:BVB) which was down 5.49% to 9.390 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 458 to 239 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.81% or 4.50 to 98.00. Shares in Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.21% or 2.14 to 64.50. Shares in Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 10.44% or 3.8600 to 33.1200.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.44% to 17.90.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.43% or 5.20 to $1204.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.96% or 1.09 to hit $56.78 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.00% or 1.31 to trade at $66.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1318, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8686.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.79.