Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Chemicals and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Consumer & Cyclical and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.14%, while the MDAX index declined 0.10%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which rose 2.85% or 3.000 points to trade at 108.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 1.54% or 0.420 points to end at 27.650 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 1.40% or 0.188 points to 13.582 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 2.19% or 0.360 points to trade at 16.100 at the close. Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) declined 1.39% or 1.16 points to end at 82.34 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was down 1.09% or 2.00 points to 180.75.
The top performers on the MDAX were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which rose 1.98% to 43.180, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was up 1.53% to settle at 13.61 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which gained 1.21% to close at 46.860.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 5.57% to 0.34 in late trade, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which lost 5.56% to settle at 84.900 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 3.38% to 70.920 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which rose 14.26% to 13.300, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 6.63% to settle at 13.585 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 6.15% to close at 18.980.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 2.79% to 6.265 in late trade, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which lost 2.30% to settle at 21.220 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 1.79% to 25.240 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 361 to 360 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.85% or 3.000 to 108.150. Shares in CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.98% or 0.840 to 43.180. Shares in Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) rose to 5-year highs; rising 6.15% or 1.100 to 18.980.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.49% to 19.53.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.12% or 1.60 to $1329.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.32% or 0.20 to hit $61.59 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $65.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.2315, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8829.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.83.