Germany shares mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.14%

Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical , Utilities and Construction sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Chemicals , Media and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.14%, while the MDAX index lost 0.71%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.57%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE: ADSGN ), which rose 11.18% or 18.90 points to trade at 187.90 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE: RWEG ) added 4.43% or 0.845 points to end at 19.920 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE: VOWG_p ) was up 1.41% or 2.18 points to 156.70 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE: CBKG ), which lost 1.79% or 0.216 points to trade at 11.884 in late trade. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE: FMEG ) declined 1.11% or 0.920 points to end at 82.240 and Linde AG O.N. (DE: LING ) shed 1.00% or 1.80 points to 178.80.

The top performers on the MDAX were Hochtief AG (DE: HOTG ) which rose 4.98% to 153.90, Rheinmetall AG (DE: RHMG ) which was up 2.52% to settle at 107.650 and CTS Eventim AG (DE: EVDG ) which gained 1.18% to close at 41.000.

The worst performers were Axel Springer SE (DE: SPRGn ) which was down 7.29% to 67.450 in late trade, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE: SY1G ) which lost 5.16% to settle at 62.160 and Brenntag AG (DE: BNRGn ) which was down 5.01% to 49.300 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE: MDG1k ) which rose 2.32% to 17.610, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE: SATG_p ) which was up 2.04% to settle at 120.300 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE: AM3D ) which gained 1.23% to close at 32.95.

The worst performers were GFT Technologies AG (DE: GFTG ) which was down 3.06% to 14.550 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE: AIXGn ) which lost 2.09% to settle at 17.540 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE: S92G ) which was down 2.05% to 54.850 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 431 to 279 and 83 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.51% to 18.40.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.14% or 1.90 to $1325.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $60.69 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $64.55 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.2373, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8864.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.70.