Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Financial Services and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.05%, while the MDAX index declined 0.14%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.89% or 0.610 points to trade at 32.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 1.84% or 0.87 points to end at 48.16 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.75% or 3.42 points to 198.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which fell 2.22% or 3.320 points to trade at 146.430 at the close. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) declined 2.16% or 4.00 points to end at 181.50 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was down 1.88% or 1.010 points to 52.855.
The top performers on the MDAX were AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) which rose 3.88% to 32.42, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was up 2.14% to settle at 38.180 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 1.03% to close at 87.90.
The worst performers were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) which was down 4.78% to 5.484 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 2.09% to settle at 13.11 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 2.00% to 20.325 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 6.28% to 15.910, Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which was up 1.55% to settle at 124.500 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which gained 1.38% to close at 58.70.
The worst performers were Suse SA (DE:SUSEG) which was down 3.09% to 37.05 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 2.09% to settle at 13.11 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 2.00% to 20.325 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 352 to 333 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in Uniper SE (DE:UN01) rose to all time highs; up 2.14% or 0.800 to 38.180. Shares in TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) fell to all time lows; falling 2.09% or 0.28 to 13.11. Shares in TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) fell to all time lows; down 2.09% or 0.28 to 13.11.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.83% to 15.53 a new 52-week low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.81% or 14.30 to $1784.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.79% or 0.65 to hit $83.09 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.42 to trade at $85.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1645, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8427.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.623.