Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Telecoms and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Basic Resources and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.36%, while the MDAX index added 0.01%, and the TecDAX index added 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which rose 2.65% or 2.24 points to trade at 86.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde PLC (DE:LINI) added 1.05% or 1.850 points to end at 178.350 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) was up 1.04% or 0.160 points to 15.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which fell 3.06% or 1.430 points to trade at 45.360 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) declined 2.84% or 1.980 points to end at 67.710 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was down 2.75% or 1.860 points to 65.840.
The top performers on the MDAX were Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which rose 11.82% to 62.450, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 2.65% to settle at 22.460 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 1.93% to close at 87.1500.
The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 3.26% to 13.500 in late trade, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which lost 2.82% to settle at 10.70 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 2.62% to 74.09 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which rose 3.68% to 67.700, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was up 3.17% to settle at 10.42 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.65% to close at 22.460.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.78% to 23.100 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which lost 2.76% to settle at 28.200 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 2.60% to 62.140 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 409 to 291 and 77 ended unchanged.
Shares in Linde PLC (DE:LINI) rose to all time highs; up 1.05% or 1.850 to 178.350. Shares in CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) rose to all time highs; up 3.68% or 2.400 to 67.700.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.78% to 15.48.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 5.55 to $1336.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.78% or 1.48 to hit $51.79 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.28% or 1.42 to trade at $60.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1296, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.882.