Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the declined 0.95%, while the index declined 0.94%, and the index fell 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:), which rose 3.31% or 7.30 points to trade at 227.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:) added 1.51% or 1.70 points to end at 114.60 and Merck KGaA (ETR:) was up 1.47% or 2.25 points to 155.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:), which fell 8.32% or 1.30 points to trade at 14.38 at the close. Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:) declined 3.21% or 1.17 points to end at 35.28 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (ETR:) was down 2.13% or 2.17 points to 99.88.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:) which rose 2.25% to 37.34, United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which was up 1.65% to settle at 20.94 and CTS Eventim AG (ETR:) which gained 1.27% to close at 79.95.
The worst performers were Knorr-Bremse AG (ETR:) which was down 5.66% to 70.00 in late trade, Traton SE (ETR:) which lost 4.37% to settle at 29.55 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 4.29% to 87.05 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Atoss Software AG (ETR:) which rose 6.73% to 130.00, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:) which was up 4.21% to settle at 24.78 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which gained 3.31% to close at 227.60.
The worst performers were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:) which was down 8.02% to 63.10 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:) which lost 4.53% to settle at 31.60 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 4.29% to 87.05 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 411 to 210 and 29 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.65% to 13.79.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.65% or 15.60 to $2,422.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.96% or 0.74 to hit $77.70 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.76 to trade at $81.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 103.96.
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