Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Technology and Media sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Consumer & Cyclical and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.44%, while the MDAX index lost 0.38%, and the TecDAX index added 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 1.92% or 0.450 points to trade at 23.840 at the close. Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) added 1.30% or 0.370 points to end at 28.920 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was up 1.05% or 0.420 points to 40.440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which lost 13.06% or 2.715 points to trade at 18.070 in late trade. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 4.92% or 0.477 points to end at 9.221 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) shed 2.87% or 5.00 points to 169.10.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which rose 6.07% to 70.40, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 2.70% to settle at 154.30 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which gained 2.65% to close at 11.820.
The worst performers were Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was down 13.23% to 34.150 in late trade, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which lost 11.73% to settle at 0.66 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 2.64% to 69.630 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 4.88% to 12.030, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 4.74% to settle at 17.320 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 4.41% to close at 8.475.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.58% to 77.340 in late trade, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which lost 2.60% to settle at 44.73 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 1.76% to 5.848 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 420 to 367 and 41 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.10% to 13.45.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.55% or 6.80 to $1248.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.84% or 0.48 to hit $56.66 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.42% or 0.90 to trade at $62.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1763, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8805.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.89.