Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the rose 0.34%, while the index declined 0.24%, and the index added 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the were Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:), which rose 16.55% or 2.09 points to trade at 14.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR:) added 3.04% or 2.10 points to end at 71.08 and Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:) was up 2.39% or 1.56 points to 66.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (ETR:), which fell 2.19% or 0.61 points to trade at 27.01 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:) declined 1.81% or 0.26 points to end at 14.03 and Zalando SE (ETR:) was down 1.39% or 0.30 points to 21.32.
The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (ETR:) which rose 14.65% to 7.70, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which was up 2.17% to settle at 14.10 and Kion Group AG (ETR:) which gained 1.53% to close at 31.11.
The worst performers were Scout24 AG (ETR:) which was down 2.72% to 71.40 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:) which lost 2.15% to settle at 15.02 and Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:) which was down 1.93% to 116.70 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were PNE Wind AG (ETR:) which rose 2.57% to 11.16, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which was up 2.17% to settle at 14.10 and SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:) which gained 1.90% to close at 53.60.
The worst performers were Atoss Software AG (ETR:) which was down 2.35% to 116.20 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:) which lost 2.15% to settle at 15.02 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 1.37% to 13.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 369 to 235 and 43 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aixtron SE (ETR:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.15% or 0.33 to 15.02. Shares in Aixtron SE (ETR:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 2.15% or 0.33 to 15.02. Shares in CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 1.37% or 0.19 to 13.70.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.37% to 17.82.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.70 to $2,543.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.11% or 1.39 to hit $67.14 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.66% or 1.15 to trade at $70.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.31% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 101.67.
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