Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.48%
Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals , Food & Beverages and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction , Utilities and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.48% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index declined 0.24%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR: ENR1n ), which rose 4.96% or 2.84 points to trade at 60.14 at the close. Meanwhile, BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR: BASFN ) added 2.83% or 1.33 points to end at 48.29 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR: DBKGn ) was up 2.29% or 0.43 points to 19.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vonovia SE (ETR: VNAn ), which fell 3.35% or 1.00 points to trade at 28.86 at the close. Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR: DTGGe ) declined 2.11% or 0.88 points to end at 40.75 and RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR: RWEG ) was down 2.10% or 0.61 points to 28.45.
The top performers on the MDAX were TeamViewer AG (ETR: TMV ) which rose 3.68% to 12.27, AUTO1 Group SE (ETR: AG1G ) which was up 3.31% to settle at 19.04 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR: LHAG ) which gained 3.12% to close at 6.60.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR: AFXG ) which was down 12.48% to 51.20 in late trade, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR: TEGG ) which lost 4.82% to settle at 13.43 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR: DHER ) which was down 4.51% to 26.25 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were TeamViewer AG (ETR: TMV ) which rose 3.68% to 12.27, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR: COP1n ) which was up 2.43% to settle at 22.72 and Siltronic AG (ETR: WAFGn ) which gained 2.29% to close at 43.84.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR: AFXG ) which was down 12.48% to 51.20 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR: AIXGn ) which lost 2.51% to settle at 13.38 and Jenoptik AG (ETR: JENGn ) which was down 2.30% to 21.22 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 320 to 306 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in AUTO1 Group SE (ETR: AG1G ) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.31% or 0.61 to 19.04.
The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.39% to 16.78.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 1.49 to $2,931.11 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.22% or 1.63 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 1.51 to trade at $75.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.31% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 107.75.