Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financial Services, Software and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.28%, while the MDAX index lost 0.07%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX wereDeutsche BankAG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 1.36% or 0.145 points to trade at 10.795 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 1.10% or 0.385 points to end at 35.520 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 0.86% or 2.63 points to 307.43 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which fell 2.14% or 0.990 points to trade at 45.375 at the close. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 1.65% or 1.130 points to end at 67.450 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) was down 1.40% or 3.60 points to 253.30.
The top performers on the MDAX wereShop Apotheke Europe NV(DE:SAEG) which rose 4.76% to 149.600, K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which was up 2.71% to settle at 12.045 andCommerzbank AGO.N. (DE:CBKG) which gained 2.45% to close at 5.363.
The worst performers wereAroundtown Property HoldingsPLC (DE:AT1) which was down 6.16% to 6.332 in late trade,DuerrAG (DE:DUEG) which lost 3.02% to settle at 41.040 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 2.32% to 53.820 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which rose 1.10% to 35.520,AixtronSE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 1.03% to settle at 24.605 andTelefonica Deutschland Holding AG(DE:O2Dn) which gained 0.89% to close at 2.482.
The worst performers were LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which was down 2.55% to 21.400 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which lost 2.32% to settle at 53.820 andEvotec AGO.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 2.07% to 42.500 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 362 to 333 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.03% or 0.250 to 24.605.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.31% to 17.36.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.92% or 16.65 to $1791.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.77% or 0.52 to hit $68.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.56 to trade at $70.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1762, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8565.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 92.927.
