Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.07%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Technology and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Chemicals and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.07%, while the MDAX index gained 0.64%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.03%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX wereDelivery Hero AG(DE:DHER), which rose 6.20% or 7.60 points to trade at 130.20 at the close. Meanwhile,Siemens Energy AG(DE:ENR1n) added 2.07% or 0.51 points to end at 25.09 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 1.46% or 0.526 points to 36.458 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session wereContinental AGO.N. (DE:CONG), which fell 1.81% or 2.06 points to trade at 111.69 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 1.54% or 0.88 points to end at 56.28 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was down 1.37% or 0.895 points to 64.620.

The top performers on the MDAX wereShop Apotheke Europe NV(DE:SAEG) which rose 2.72% to 155.000,AixtronSE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 2.61% to settle at 24.980 andHugo BossAG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which gained 2.54% to close at 48.460.

The worst performers were Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which was down 3.63% to 933.40 in late trade, Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which lost 3.54% to settle at 16.630 andRheinmetallAG (DE:RHMG) which was down 1.81% to 81.340 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 2.81% to 41.680, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 2.61% to settle at 24.980 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 2.44% to close at 571.600.

The worst performers werePfeiffer VacuumTechnology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 3.72% to 170.60 in late trade, LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which lost 1.49% to settle at 21.100 and 11 AG (DE:1U1) which was down 0.97% to 26.480 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 399 to 312 and 58 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.72% to 17.60.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.55 to $1818.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.53% or 0.36 to hit $68.14 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.42 to trade at $71.21 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1855, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8597.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 92.398.