Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Construction sectors led shares higher while losses in the Media, Food & Beverages and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.24%, while the MDAX index fell 0.40%, and the TecDAX index added 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn), which rose 3.90% or 4.30 points to trade at 114.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 2.57% or 0.272 points to end at 10.858 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was up 1.54% or 1.180 points to 77.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which fell 1.68% or 2.92 points to trade at 170.80 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 1.68% or 3.25 points to end at 190.35 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was down 1.47% or 1.55 points to 104.20.
The top performers on the MDAX were Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which rose 3.74% to 50.800, Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was up 3.32% to settle at 108.800 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which gained 1.83% to close at 66.600.
The worst performers were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 9.26% to 28.2200 in late trade, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which lost 2.80% to settle at 43.81 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 2.68% to 9.002 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 13.80% to 21.240, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was up 10.97% to settle at 36.620 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which gained 4.03% to close at 14.200.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 4.30% to 12.700 in late trade, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which lost 2.09% to settle at 21.600 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 0.98% to 42.480 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 391 to 298 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) rose to all time highs; up 10.97% or 3.620 to 36.620.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.50% to 14.99.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1313.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.13% or 2.16 to hit $71.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.09% or 2.31 to trade at $77.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1853, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.92.