Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Utilities and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.24%, while the MDAX index lost 0.06%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG), which rose 3.35% or 2.22 points to trade at 68.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) added 2.24% or 10.000 points to end at 455.900 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) was up 2.08% or 1.60 points to 78.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which fell 2.39% or 1.90 points to trade at 77.52 at the close. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 2.00% or 1.220 points to end at 59.820 and E.ON SE (DE:EONGn) was down 1.64% or 0.202 points to 12.094.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 7.80% to 101.500, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 4.48% to settle at 13.65 and Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which gained 3.95% to close at 39.480.
The worst performers were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was down 7.10% to 96.520 in late trade, K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which lost 6.69% to settle at 17.655 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) which was down 4.33% to 6.820 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which rose 4.48% to 13.65, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was up 3.27% to settle at 15.14 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.41% to close at 36.050.
The worst performers were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was down 7.10% to 96.520 in late trade, Nagarro SE (DE:NA9n) which lost 3.36% to settle at 158.00 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 2.28% to 124.100 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 390 to 306 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) rose to all time highs; rising 7.80% or 7.340 to 101.500. Shares in Varta AG (DE:VAR1) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.10% or 7.380 to 96.520. Shares in Varta AG (DE:VAR1) fell to 52-week lows; down 7.10% or 7.380 to 96.520. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.28% or 2.900 to 124.100.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 17.74% to 20.84.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.61% or 29.25 to $1841.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.98% or 0.83 to hit $85.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.76 to trade at $88.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1346, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8324.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 95.523.