Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Media, Financial Services and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.02% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index lost 0.25%, and the TecDAX index added 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG), which rose 5.60% or 3.38 points to trade at 63.78 at the close. Meanwhile, HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) added 3.27% or 2.86 points to end at 90.34 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.98% or 4.25 points to 219.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which fell 2.55% or 0.960 points to trade at 36.725 at the close. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) declined 2.38% or 4.65 points to end at 190.45 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was down 2.03% or 1.180 points to 56.930.
The top performers on the MDAX were K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which rose 4.12% to 15.240, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was up 2.23% to settle at 63.380 and Knorr-Bremse AG (DE:KBX) which gained 2.06% to close at 94.24.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 2.82% to 40.390 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 2.30% to settle at 13.58 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 2.27% to 63.720 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which rose 5.60% to 63.78, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was up 2.26% to settle at 20.38 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 2.23% to close at 63.380.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 2.82% to 40.390 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 2.30% to settle at 13.58 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 1.88% to 23.025 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 411 to 281 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.60% or 3.38 to 63.78. Shares in Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) rose to all time highs; rising 1.98% or 4.25 to 219.20. Shares in Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) rose to all time highs; up 2.23% or 1.380 to 63.380. Shares in Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) rose to all time highs; rising 5.60% or 3.38 to 63.78. Shares in Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) rose to all time highs; up 2.23% or 1.380 to 63.380.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.82% to 15.66.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.78% or 14.45 to $1868.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.97% or 1.57 to hit $78.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.63% or 1.34 to trade at $81.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1322, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.8399.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.812.