Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Chemicals and Construction sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Media and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.50%, while the MDAX index lost 0.01%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.40%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1), which rose 7.83% or 15.2000 points to trade at 209.4000 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 3.40% or 0.304 points to end at 9.247 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 3.09% or 0.306 points to 10.220 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which fell 2.88% or 0.256 points to trade at 8.640 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 1.89% or 0.81 points to end at 41.97 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 1.52% or 0.330 points to 21.360.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which rose 5.78% to 41.170, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was up 2.98% to settle at 11.06 and GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which gained 2.51% to close at 32.210.
The worst performers were Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which was down 5.09% to 72.700 in late trade, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which lost 4.06% to settle at 21.7300 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 2.68% to 6.526 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 1.54% to 13.170, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 0.97% to settle at 29.140 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which gained 0.81% to close at 32.240.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 7.32% to 18.925 in late trade, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which lost 5.86% to settle at 25.70 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 4.69% to 146.200 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 364 to 334 and 77 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.36% to 14.29 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 5.50 to $1208.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.06% or 0.74 to hit $70.33 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.11 to trade at $79.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1682, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.09.