Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Retail and Financial Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Insurance, Chemicals and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.01% to hit a new 6-months high, while the MDAX index declined 0.05%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which rose 3.07% or 2.92 points to trade at 97.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 2.37% or 1.30 points to end at 56.08 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was up 2.00% or 1.75 points to 89.33 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which fell 2.27% or 3.54 points to trade at 152.34 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 2.10% or 5.86 points to end at 273.25 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) was down 1.73% or 3.60 points to 204.90.
The top performers on the MDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 6.14% to 108.050, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was up 5.82% to settle at 7.714 and HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which gained 4.00% to close at 45.76.
The worst performers were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was down 4.44% to 103.200 in late trade, Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which lost 2.97% to settle at 750.50 and Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which was down 3.13% to 82.12 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 6.14% to 108.050, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 4.13% to settle at 2.394 and LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which gained 3.43% to close at 22.600.
The worst performers were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was down 4.44% to 103.200 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 2.81% to settle at 65.600 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 1.26% to 109.400 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 366 to 308 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.14% or 6.250 to 108.050. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.14% or 6.250 to 108.050.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.18% to 22.76.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 6.15 to $1810.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.11% or 0.50 to hit $45.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.41 to trade at $48.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1909, while EUR/GBP rose 0.00% to 0.8898.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.007.