Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Construction and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.62%, while the MDAX index fell 0.35%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which rose 1.96% or 0.390 points to trade at 20.310 at the close. Meanwhile, Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) added 1.15% or 0.135 points to end at 11.835 and Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG) was up 0.89% or 0.840 points to 94.770 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BASF SE NA O.N. (XETRA:BASFN), which fell 1.64% or 1.400 points to trade at 83.850 at the close. K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) declined 1.46% or 0.425 points to end at 28.615 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn) was down 1.29% or 0.355 points to 27.130.
The top performers on the MDAX were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (XETRA:STAGn) which rose 1.20% to 31.080, Talanx AG NA O.N. (XETRA:TLXGn) which was up 0.93% to settle at 27.690 and Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE (XETRA:ANNGn) which gained 0.81% to close at 25.62.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (XETRA:WCHG) which was down 1.95% to 98.200 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (XETRA:RHMG) which lost 1.75% to settle at 47.085 and LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) which was down 1.69% to 64.500 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which rose 2.84% to 32.600, SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which was up 2.73% to settle at 21.665 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which gained 1.59% to close at 172.300.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which was down 3.70% to 7.545 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which lost 2.33% to settle at 6.450 and Cancom SE O.N. (XETRA:COKG) which was down 2.26% to 31.390 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 479 to 260 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) rose to all time highs; rising 2.84% or 0.900 to 32.600. Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.59% or 2.700 to 172.300.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 25.41 a new 3-years high.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.31% or 3.70 to $1172.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.41% or 0.86 to hit $60.15 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 1.08 to trade at $63.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1172, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7126.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 95.71.