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Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Industrials and Media sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Construction, Telecoms and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.66%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.14%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR:BMWG), which rose 4.32% or 3.30 points to trade at 79.74 at the close. Mercedes Benz Group AG (ETR:MBGn) added 2.71% or 1.40 points to end at 53.00 and Continental AG O.N. (ETR:CONG) was up 1.39% or 1.06 points to 77.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe), which lost 4.21% or 1.67 points to trade at 37.97 in late trade. Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) declined 3.16% or 1.03 points to end at 31.55 and Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG) shed 2.46% or 4.50 points to 178.65.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which rose 5.00% to 64.05, RENK Group AG (ETR:R3NK) which was up 4.90% to settle at 77.00 and Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which gained 3.93% to close at 90.00.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which was down 6.47% to 7.02 in late trade, AUTO1 Group SE (ETR:AG1G) which lost 5.68% to settle at 24.26 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:TKAG) which was down 4.12% to 8.88 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which rose 3.93% to 90.00, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was up 3.10% to settle at 17.97 and Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which gained 1.60% to close at 28.65.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which was down 6.47% to 7.02 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which lost 2.80% to settle at 10.43 and Formycon AG (ETR:FYB) which was down 2.58% to 22.65 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 352 to 273 and 30 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.33% to 19.66.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.22% or 7.20 to $3,321.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.07% or 1.26 to hit $62.15 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.68% or 1.07 to trade at $64.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 99.82.