Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Software and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.66%, while the MDAX index declined 0.09%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (XETRA:BAYGN), which rose 2.02% or 2.450 points to trade at 123.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) added 1.90% or 0.415 points to end at 22.230 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn) was up 1.83% or 0.480 points to 26.675 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG), which fell 3.27% or 6.800 points to trade at 201.300 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) declined 2.61% or 5.350 points to end at 199.350 and Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) was down 1.93% or 1.810 points to 92.090.
The top performers on the MDAX were Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which rose 3.55% to 33.355, Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which was up 1.99% to settle at 30.495 and Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which gained 1.23% to close at 8.180.
The worst performers were Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ZILGn) which was down 5.17% to 22.285 in late trade, Leoni AG NA O.N. (XETRA:LEOGn) which lost 2.60% to settle at 57.010 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (XETRA:NOEJ) which was down 2.49% to 42.325 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which rose 1.41% to 3.516, Morphosys AG O.N. (XETRA:MORG) which was up 1.26% to settle at 65.210 and Wirecard AG (XETRA:WDIG) which gained 0.89% to close at 35.050.
The worst performers were LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) which was down 6.33% to 7.676 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) which lost 2.90% to settle at 88.310 and Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which was down 2.65% to 48.770 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 420 to 318 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.33% or 0.519 to 7.676.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 26.64.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.80% or 9.20 to $1161.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.12% or 1.11 to hit $51.22 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.71% or 0.41 to trade at $56.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.1073, while EUR/GBP rose 1.29% to 0.7213.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 96.39.