Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the Insurance, Media and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.07%, while the MDAX index lost 0.03%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 2.77% or 0.900 points to trade at 33.405 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE (DE:EONGn) added 1.70% or 0.166 points to end at 9.924 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 1.65% or 0.588 points to 36.138 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN), which fell 1.57% or 1.130 points to trade at 70.840 at the close. Covestro AG (DE:1COV) declined 1.48% or 0.860 points to end at 57.340 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) was down 1.12% or 2.45 points to 217.10.
The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which rose 4.09% to 63.60, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 2.70% to settle at 19.390 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which gained 2.22% to close at 36.43.
The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 4.02% to 49.140 in late trade, Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which lost 3.21% to settle at 662.50 and Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) which was down 2.49% to 9.0100 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 2.70% to 19.390, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 2.22% to settle at 36.43 and United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which gained 1.94% to close at 34.200.
The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 4.02% to 49.140 in late trade, New Work SE (DE:NWOn) which lost 1.77% to settle at 221.50 and LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which was down 1.65% to 23.850 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 346 to 336 and 71 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.42% to 19.07.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.44% or 24.25 to $1710.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.55% or 0.33 to hit $60.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.17 to trade at $64.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1750, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 93.067.