Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Resources and Software sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.19%, while the MDAX index declined 0.29%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 3.57% or 0.690 points to trade at 20.030 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 3.21% or 0.319 points to end at 10.260 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 1.42% or 0.220 points to 15.740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which lost 2.36% or 0.435 points to trade at 17.965 in late trade. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 1.28% or 0.111 points to end at 8.574 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) shed 1.20% or 1.50 points to 124.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which rose 2.50% to 34.915, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was up 1.84% to settle at 12.73 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which gained 1.80% to close at 61.000.
The worst performers were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 2.71% to 43.60 in late trade, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which lost 2.03% to settle at 67.930 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 1.91% to 33.340 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 2.42% to 27.285, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 1.26% to settle at 10.865 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which gained 0.66% to close at 13.770.
The worst performers were Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 2.93% to 130.75 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which lost 2.58% to settle at 9.167 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 2.55% to 92.380 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 481 to 229 and 17 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.05% to 13.99.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.27% or 3.39 to $1250.29 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.95% or 0.42 to hit $44.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.50 to trade at $47.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 95.77.