Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Technology and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Consumer & Cyclical and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.44%, while the MDAX index fell 0.38%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 1.92% or 0.450 points to trade at 23.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) added 1.30% or 0.370 points to end at 28.920 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was up 1.05% or 0.420 points to 40.440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 13.06% or 2.715 points to trade at 18.070 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 4.92% or 0.477 points to end at 9.221 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was down 2.87% or 5.00 points to 169.10.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which rose 6.07% to 70.40, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 2.70% to settle at 154.30 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which gained 2.65% to close at 11.820.
The worst performers were Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was down 13.23% to 34.150 in late trade, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which lost 11.73% to settle at 0.66 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 2.64% to 69.630 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 4.88% to 12.030, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 4.74% to settle at 17.320 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 4.41% to close at 8.475.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.58% to 77.340 in late trade, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which lost 2.60% to settle at 44.73 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 1.76% to 5.848 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 420 to 367 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.70% or 4.05 to 154.30.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.10% to 13.45.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.57% or 7.10 to $1248.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.84% or 0.48 to hit $56.66 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 0.92 to trade at $62.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1763, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 93.88.