Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Food & Beverages and Consumer & Cyclical sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.39%, while the MDAX index added 0.39%, and the TecDAX index added 1.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 6.29% or 0.780 points to trade at 13.175 at the close. Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) added 5.95% or 6.400 points to end at 114.000 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 3.52% or 4.400 points to 129.450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn), which lost 3.76% or 6.800 points to trade at 174.000 in late trade. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) declined 2.58% or 2.800 points to end at 105.650 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) shed 0.78% or 1.200 points to 151.700.
The top performers on the MDAX were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (DE:SZUG) which rose 2.88% to 15.540, Leoni AG NA O.N. (DE:LEOGn) which was up 2.69% to settle at 31.520 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 2.55% to close at 29.17.
The worst performers were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 2.42% to 49.70 in late trade, Hannover Rueckversicherung SE (DE:HNRGn) which lost 1.89% to settle at 101.200 and Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which was down 1.65% to 28.550 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which rose 7.25% to 37.630, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 5.23% to settle at 169.100 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 5.18% to close at 44.650.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was down 2.16% to 4.403 in late trade, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which lost 0.69% to settle at 96.380 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 0.55% to 8.850 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 527 to 358 and 36 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 19.67.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.66% or 8.15 to $1251.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.79% or 0.35 to hit $44.39 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.46 to trade at $46.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1322, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.7782.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 94.38.