Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Software, Food & Beverages and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Construction, Retail and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.08%, while the MDAX index declined 0.41%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were SAP SE (ETR:SAPG), which rose 2.37% or 4.30 points to trade at 186.02 at the close. Adidas AG (ETR:ADSGN) added 1.97% or 4.30 points to end at 222.20 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) was up 1.53% or 0.82 points to 54.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (ETR:AIRG), which lost 2.82% or 3.80 points to trade at 130.90 in late trade. BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR:BASFN) declined 2.60% or 1.21 points to end at 45.21 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR:BMWG) shed 2.53% or 2.28 points to 87.96.
The top performers on the MDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which rose 3.48% to 68.30, Befesa SA (ETR:BFSA) which was up 2.62% to settle at 30.58 and Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) which gained 2.45% to close at 38.91.
The worst performers were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which was down 7.94% to 4.73 in late trade, Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which lost 6.64% to settle at 23.35 and Tui AG NA (ETR:TUI1n) which was down 5.52% to 6.54 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which rose 3.48% to 68.30, Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which was up 2.55% to settle at 112.60 and SAP SE (ETR:SAPG) which gained 2.37% to close at 186.02.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which was down 5.13% to 26.28 in late trade, Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR:EUZG) which lost 3.11% to settle at 47.36 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 2.91% to 12.01 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 407 to 216 and 29 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.42% to 15.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.77% or 18.05 to $2,312.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.26% or 0.21 to hit $80.62 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.08 to trade at $84.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 105.68.