Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Consumer & Cyclical and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Telecoms and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.01%, while the MDAX index lost 0.17%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 1.80% or 3.50 points to trade at 198.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 1.70% or 0.370 points to end at 22.160 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was up 1.49% or 2.55 points to 174.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 4.86% or 0.615 points to trade at 12.045 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 2.74% or 0.750 points to end at 26.630 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was down 1.20% or 0.94 points to 77.70.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 2.48% to 111.700, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 2.19% to settle at 135.25 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 1.44% to close at 24.000.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 6.94% to 0.23 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 1.84% to settle at 35.280 and Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 1.74% to 47.300 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 4.48% to 159.850, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was up 1.81% to settle at 84.250 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 1.41% to close at 251.50.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.47% to 8.678 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 3.15% to settle at 16.320 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.63% to 57.350 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 376 to 320 and 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.86% or 0.615 to 12.045. Shares in Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) fell to all time lows; losing 6.94% or 0.02 to 0.23. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to all time highs; up 4.48% or 6.850 to 159.850.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.83% to 16.81.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.73% or 9.60 to $1321.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.33% or 1.48 to hit $65.02 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.52% or 1.70 to trade at $69.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.2260, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 89.81.