Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the DAX Chemicals, DAX Food & Beverage and DAX Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the DAX Construction, DAX Utilities and DAX Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.48% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index fell 0.24%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which rose 4.96% or 2.84 points to trade at 60.14 at the close. BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR:BASFN) added 2.83% or 1.33 points to end at 48.29 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) was up 2.29% or 0.43 points to 19.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn), which fell 3.35% or 1.00 points to trade at 28.86 in late trade. Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe) declined 2.11% or 0.88 points to end at 40.75 and RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG) down 2.10% or 0.61 points to 28.45.
The top performers on the MDAX were TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which rose 3.68% to 12.27, AUTO1 Group SE (ETR:AG1G) which was up 3.31% to settle at 19.04 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:LHAG) which gained 3.12% to close at 6.60.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was down 12.48% to 51.20 in late trade, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:TEGG) which lost 4.82% to settle at 13.43 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which was down 4.51% to 26.25 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which rose 3.68% to 12.27, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:COP1n) which was up 2.43% to settle at 22.72 and Siltronic AG (ETR:WAFGn) which gained 2.29% to close at 43.84.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was down 12.48% to 51.20 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which lost 2.51% to settle at 13.38 and Jenoptik AG (ETR:JENGn) which was down 2.30% to 21.22 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 320 to 306 and 32 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Shares in AUTO1 Group SE (ETR:AG1G) rose to 3-year highs; up 3.31% or 0.61 to 19.04.
The DAX New Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.39% to 16.78.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.56 to $2,932.04 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.22% or 1.63 to hit $71.69 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.95% or 1.50 to trade at $75.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 107.78.