Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Insurance and Media sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Software and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.02%, while the MDAX index gained 0.48%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 3.39% or 5.80 points to trade at 176.70 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 2.36% or 0.370 points to end at 16.070 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.75% or 1.56 points to 90.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which lost 4.54% or 1.105 points to trade at 23.220 in late trade. SAP SE (DE:SAPG) declined 1.84% or 1.790 points to end at 95.340 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) shed 1.70% or 0.68 points to 39.02.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which rose 3.60% to 64.110, Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was up 2.92% to settle at 36.805 and Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which gained 2.76% to close at 3.46.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 1.89% to 137.35 in late trade, Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which lost 1.55% to settle at 43.800 and Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which was down 1.50% to 544.75 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 6.07% to 8.242, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was up 1.69% to settle at 12.305 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which gained 1.15% to close at 48.10.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 8.91% to 12.365 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 7.60% to settle at 121.500 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 3.55% to 37.105 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 380 to 370 and 35 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.86% to 14.18.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.85% or 11.07 to $1283.83 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.50% or 0.87 to hit $57.12 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.44% or 0.91 to trade at $62.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1852, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.15.