Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Financial Services and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.41% to hit a new 3-months high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.13%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which rose 3.30% or 0.755 points to trade at 23.655 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 2.92% or 0.325 points to end at 11.455 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 2.72% or 0.370 points to 13.995 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which fell 1.52% or 0.55 points to trade at 35.70 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) declined 1.00% or 0.920 points to end at 91.090 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 0.63% or 0.430 points to 67.500.
The top performers on the MDAX were Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which rose 4.25% to 34.955, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was up 2.38% to settle at 12.45 and Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which gained 1.98% to close at 80.258.
The worst performers were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 4.16% to 50.48 in late trade, Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which lost 3.71% to settle at 64.367 and Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 2.46% to 31.380 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which rose 2.42% to 5.674, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 1.86% to settle at 10.960 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 1.54% to close at 4.820.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 2.83% to 46.300 in late trade, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which lost 2.62% to settle at 15.800 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 1.90% to 18.000 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 403 to 343 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.30% or 0.755 to 23.655. Shares in Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) rose to all time highs; up 1.98% or 1.558 to 80.258. Shares in Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.46% or 0.790 to 31.380. Shares in Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.54% or 0.073 to 4.820.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.51% to 11.97.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.93% or 12.12 to $1289.58 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.40% or 0.21 to hit $52.09 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.37 to trade at $57.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1754, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8770.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 93.14.