Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Transportation & Logistics and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Consumer & Cyclical and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.42%, while the MDAX index gained 0.84%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which rose 2.20% or 1.500 points to trade at 69.740 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 1.68% or 0.810 points to end at 49.110 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 1.49% or 1.00 points to 68.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which fell 5.49% or 6.975 points to trade at 120.075 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 2.38% or 5.00 points to end at 204.80 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 2.10% or 0.206 points to 9.603.
The top performers on the MDAX were Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which rose 3.57% to 23.24, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which was up 3.23% to settle at 81.900 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 3.08% to close at 137.100.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 1.75% to 50.450 in late trade, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which lost 1.26% to settle at 25.840 and Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which was down 1.21% to 77.550 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 3.08% to 137.100, Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which was up 2.33% to settle at 37.84 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 1.73% to close at 21.150.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 5.49% to 120.075 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 2.09% to settle at 26.7000 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 1.91% to 8.730 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 426 to 255 and 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) rose to all time highs; rising 3.23% or 2.560 to 81.900.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.22% to 14.52.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.84% or 10.95 to $1309.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.22% or 1.26 to hit $58.13 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.74 to trade at $67.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1305, while EUR/GBP fell 0.83% to 0.8559.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 96.692.