Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Software and Consumer & Cyclical sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.72%, while the MDAX index gained 0.73%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 6.65% or 8.750 points to trade at 140.375 at the close. Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) added 4.57% or 4.68 points to end at 107.16 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 2.62% or 6.55 points to 256.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which lost 4.44% or 0.905 points to trade at 19.465 in late trade. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) declined 1.67% or 0.330 points to end at 19.432 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) shed 1.46% or 0.69 points to 46.41.
The top performers on the MDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 5.41% to 95.4000, Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which was up 3.01% to settle at 26.350 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which gained 2.50% to close at 12.31.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 6.49% to 78.360 in late trade, Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which lost 3.43% to settle at 118.20 and Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which was down 3.17% to 19.830 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 7.77% to 21.920, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was up 6.65% to settle at 140.375 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 5.11% to close at 95.125.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 6.49% to 78.360 in late trade, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which lost 1.67% to settle at 19.432 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 1.61% to 8.840 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 360 to 337 and 79 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.08 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.32% or 4.05 to $1281.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.72% or 0.44 to hit $61.84 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.37 to trade at $70.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1185, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8601.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.417.