Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Transportation & Logistics and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.07%, while the MDAX index declined 0.25%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn), which rose 2.15% or 0.71 points to trade at 33.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) added 1.38% or 3.00 points to end at 220.30 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG) was up 1.37% or 0.21 points to 15.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G), which fell 2.24% or 2.35 points to trade at 102.45 at the close. Hannover Rueck SE (ETR:HNRGn) declined 1.55% or 3.90 points to end at 247.10 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR:HNKG_p) was down 1.46% or 1.24 points to 83.46.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which rose 3.34% to 15.32, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was up 2.71% to settle at 11.36 and HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which gained 1.55% to close at 12.46.
The worst performers were Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC) which was down 3.38% to 139.90 in late trade, Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which lost 3.13% to settle at 75.75 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:LHAG) which was down 2.89% to 6.25 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) which rose 9.36% to 19.62, SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn) which was up 4.79% to settle at 52.50 and Energiekontor AG (ETR:EKTG) which gained 3.34% to close at 47.90.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which was down 4.23% to 8.50 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which lost 2.80% to settle at 9.86 and Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which was down 2.52% to 81.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 333 to 294 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.80% or 0.28 to 9.86.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.64% to 13.69.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.38% or 10.04 to $2,651.96 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.60% or 0.42 to hit $70.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.73 to trade at $73.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 106.86.