Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Food & Beverage and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Construction and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.41% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index gained 0.38%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN), which rose 3.46% or 0.880 points to trade at 26.280 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) added 2.02% or 3.850 points to end at 194.650 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) was up 1.60% or 0.175 points to 11.145 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG), which fell 2.31% or 1.520 points to trade at 64.210 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) declined 1.10% or 0.260 points to end at 23.315 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (XETRA:HEIG) was down 0.89% or 0.550 points to 60.960.
The top performers on the MDAX were Metro AG ST O.N. (XETRA:MEOG) which rose 3.08% to 27.760, Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which was up 1.67% to settle at 39.500 and Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) which gained 1.53% to close at 14.940.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which was down 1.26% to 48.990 in late trade, Hannover Rueckversicherung SE (XETRA:HNRGn) which lost 0.92% to settle at 77.400 and Airbus Group (XETRA:AIRG) which was down 0.88% to 46.936 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG O.N. (XETRA:JENG) which rose 1.95% to 10.980, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which was up 1.20% to settle at 21.555 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (XETRA:PV) which gained 1.08% to close at 77.960.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was down 2.65% to 82.080 in late trade, Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which lost 2.57% to settle at 45.370 and Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which was down 2.09% to 3.755 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 414 to 303 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.02% or 3.850 to 194.650. Shares in Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.53% or 0.225 to 14.940. Shares in CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.20% or 0.255 to 21.555.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 22.85.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.20% or 2.60 to $1291.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 2.80% or 1.30 to hit $47.77 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 1.86% or 0.90 to trade at $48.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1569, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.7659.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 93.31.