Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverage, Construction and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.04% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index lost 0.38%, and the TecDAX index added 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG), which rose 5.24% or 3.430 points to trade at 68.930 at the close. E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) added 2.52% or 0.350 points to end at 14.245 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) was up 2.40% or 1.160 points to 49.395 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG), which lost 2.54% or 5.450 points to trade at 209.000 in late trade. Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) declined 2.42% or 0.295 points to end at 11.900 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) shed 1.56% or 0.210 points to 13.245.
The top performers on the MDAX were LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) which rose 1.15% to 74.550, Gerresheimer AG (XETRA:GXId) which was up 1.14% to settle at 52.450 and Talanx AG NA O.N. (XETRA:TLXGn) which gained 1.14% to close at 28.390.
The worst performers were Tag Immobilien AG (XETRA:TEGG) which was down 2.07% to 12.065 in late trade, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (XETRA:BOSSn) which lost 1.99% to settle at 115.900 and Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ZILGn) which was down 1.84% to 30.860 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Xing AG (XETRA:OBCGn) which rose 5.04% to 120.900, Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which was up 5.04% to settle at 6.173 and SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which gained 3.43% to close at 12.200.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which was down 4.24% to 27.440 in late trade, Freenet AG NA (XETRA:FNTGN) which lost 2.70% to settle at 26.170 and Cancom SE O.N. (XETRA:COKG) which was down 2.57% to 37.315 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 381 to 351 and 36 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.32% to 15.72 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.49% or 5.90 to $1203.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 1.30% or 0.64 to hit $49.92 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 2.21% or 1.29 to trade at $59.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1358, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.7328.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 94.29.