Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction, Consumer & Cyclical and Transportation & Logistics sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.18%, while the MDAX index added 0.39%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 2.28% or 4.00 points to trade at 179.60 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 2.02% or 0.165 points to end at 8.319 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was up 1.84% or 0.260 points to 14.415 in late trade.
Biggest losers included E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which lost 3.52% or 0.247 points to trade at 6.770 in late trade. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) declined 0.89% or 0.95 points to end at 106.30 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) shed 0.81% or 1.15 points to 140.25.
The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which rose 4.19% to 65.940, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was up 3.99% to settle at 37.885 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 2.45% to close at 60.25.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 2.03% to 101.30 in late trade, Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which lost 1.70% to settle at 11.250 and Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was down 1.48% to 34.350 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which rose 5.61% to 53.990, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 2.94% to settle at 10.487 and Software AG O.N. (DE:SOWG) which gained 1.69% to close at 36.450.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 6.80% to 55.000 in late trade, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which lost 4.15% to settle at 17.070 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 1.48% to 25.245 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 407 to 316 and 30 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.42% to 14.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.24% or 2.85 to $1199.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.57% or 0.75 to hit $48.47 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.63 to trade at $51.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.0635, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8708.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 101.34.