Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the DAX Construction, DAX Transportation & Logistics and DAX Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.33%, while the MDAX index fell 0.20%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (ETR:ADSGN), which rose 1.89% or 4.40 points to trade at 237.20 at the close. Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) added 1.14% or 5.80 points to end at 516.80 and Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) was up 1.05% or 2.20 points to 212.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p), which fell 1.98% or 4.90 points to trade at 242.00 in late trade. Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (ETR:MUVGn) declined 1.71% or 8.30 points to end at 478.30 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG) down 1.51% or 0.25 points to 16.02.
The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (ETR:LXSG) which rose 4.20% to 29.28, Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:WCHG) which was up 4.09% to settle at 93.20 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which gained 2.34% to close at 67.85.
The worst performers were Tui AG NA (ETR:TUI1n) which was down 4.69% to 6.39 in late trade, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:LHAG) which lost 4.49% to settle at 6.13 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 4.00% to 12.96 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR:EUZG) which rose 4.46% to 45.86, PNE Wind AG (ETR:PNEGn) which was up 2.89% to settle at 12.10 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which gained 2.34% to close at 67.85.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 4.00% to 12.96 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which lost 2.03% to settle at 17.87 and Freenet AG NA (ETR:FNTGn) which was down 2.02% to 26.24 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 341 to 269 and 33 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) rose to all time highs; up 1.05% or 2.20 to 212.60. Shares in Lanxess AG (ETR:LXSG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.20% or 1.18 to 29.28.
The DAX New Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 14.14% to 18.84.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.66% or 17.75 to $2,672.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.33% or 0.23 to hit $70.06 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.19 to trade at $73.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 101.25.