Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Basic Resources and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Technology and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.29%, while the MDAX index added 0.75%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG), which rose 2.05% or 0.500 points to trade at 24.935 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) added 1.63% or 0.210 points to end at 13.060 and RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) was up 1.35% or 0.320 points to 24.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p), which lost 1.29% or 3.200 points to trade at 244.650 in late trade. Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) declined 0.82% or 0.950 points to end at 115.500 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) shed 0.50% or 0.280 points to 55.310.
The top performers on the MDAX were Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which rose 3.00% to 55.630, Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which was up 2.96% to settle at 9.195 and Evonik Industries AG (XETRA:EVKn) which gained 2.92% to close at 34.170.
The worst performers were Kabel Deutschland Holding AG O.N. (XETRA:KD8Gn) which was down 1.32% to 119.400 in late trade, Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which lost 1.30% to settle at 43.170 and Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ZILGn) which was down 1.11% to 27.680 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which rose 3.81% to 125.200, Bechtle AG O.N. (XETRA:BC8G) which was up 2.97% to settle at 68.540 and United Internet AG NA (XETRA:UTDI) which gained 2.32% to close at 43.390.
The worst performers were BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) which was down 4.88% to 271.100 in late trade, Jenoptik AG O.N. (XETRA:JENG) which lost 4.37% to settle at 12.045 and Morphosys AG O.N. (XETRA:MORG) which was down 2.77% to 57.180 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 417 to 311 and 39 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.63.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 1.65% or 19.50 to $1202.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.82% or 1.82 to hit $49.42 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.84% or 1.56 to trade at $56.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.0761, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.7259.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 98.49.