Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financial Services, Insurance and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Retail and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.35% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index declined 0.25%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn), which rose 2.21% or 5.30 points to trade at 245.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) added 1.57% or 2.19 points to end at 141.46 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was up 1.45% or 1.070 points to 74.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which fell 1.37% or 0.485 points to trade at 34.865 at the close. Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n) declined 1.18% or 0.28 points to end at 23.53 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) was down 0.79% or 1.00 points to 125.95.
The top performers on the MDAX were AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) which rose 4.28% to 39.00, LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was up 2.18% to settle at 135.900 and Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which gained 2.17% to close at 962.40.
The worst performers were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which was down 5.43% to 8.426 in late trade, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which lost 4.02% to settle at 64.50 and Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was down 3.16% to 60.645 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which rose 2.72% to 20.00, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 2.11% to settle at 38.740 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which gained 0.60% to close at 30.320.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 2.69% to 186.600 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 2.62% to settle at 23.455 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was down 2.41% to 43.395 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 405 to 278 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) rose to all time highs; up 2.18% or 2.900 to 135.900. Shares in Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.60% or 0.180 to 30.320.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.46% to 16.87.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.03% or 17.85 to $1749.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.03% or 0.70 to hit $67.59 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.73 to trade at $69.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1737, while EUR/GBP rose 0.00% to 0.8462.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 92.933.