Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Construction and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Chemicals, Basic Resources and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.14%, while the MDAX index added 0.05%, and the TecDAX index added 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which rose 1.87% or 1.300 points to trade at 71.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) added 1.42% or 1.170 points to end at 83.510 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 1.19% or 2.20 points to 186.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1), which fell 7.47% or 15.7000 points to trade at 194.5000 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 0.91% or 0.200 points to end at 21.670 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was down 0.69% or 0.160 points to 23.060.
The top performers on the MDAX were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which rose 4.41% to 56.800, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was up 2.80% to settle at 49.86 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 2.44% to close at 37.440.
The worst performers were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 2.72% to 7.088 in late trade, Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which lost 2.74% to settle at 39.71 and Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 1.31% to 30.180 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which rose 4.09% to 292.50, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 2.00% to settle at 107.100 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which gained 2.15% to close at 68.900.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.49% to 9.170 in late trade, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which lost 2.20% to settle at 49.000 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 2.67% to 127.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 386 to 325 and 71 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) rose to all time highs; up 2.15% or 1.450 to 68.900.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.96% to 16.34.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.40 to $1218.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.77% or 1.21 to hit $69.70 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.88 to trade at $74.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1561, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 95.16.