Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Consumer & Cyclical and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Financial Services, Utilities and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.14%, while the MDAX index lost 0.59%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 7.23% or 0.845 points to trade at 12.540 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 3.80% or 0.238 points to end at 6.498 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 2.93% or 7.70 points to 270.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 1.95% or 0.430 points to trade at 21.640 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) declined 1.74% or 1.850 points to end at 104.300 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) was down 1.65% or 2.450 points to 146.300.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which rose 5.54% to 29.55, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 3.14% to settle at 14.115 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 2.19% to close at 59.740.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 4.83% to 82.8000 in late trade, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which lost 4.10% to settle at 34.180 and Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which was down 3.63% to 41.400 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which rose 5.11% to 16.870, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was up 3.97% to settle at 11.00 and S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which gained 2.36% to close at 20.42.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 5.07% to 82.900 in late trade, Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which lost 2.21% to settle at 29.160 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 2.20% to 84.350 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 378 to 320 and 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 4.10% or 1.460 to 34.180.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.13% to 15.17.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.32% or 4.55 to $1414.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.80% or 1.62 to hit $59.45 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.16% or 1.39 to trade at $65.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1380, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8961.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 95.637.