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 0.12%, while the index declined 0.92%, and the index declined 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the were Rheinmetall AG (ETR:), which rose 5.15% or 31.80 points to trade at 648.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:) added 2.79% or 3.40 points to end at 125.10 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:) was up 1.69% or 5.40 points to 324.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:), which fell 5.96% or 3.20 points to trade at 50.50 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:) declined 3.68% or 1.25 points to end at 32.71 and Brenntag AG (ETR:) was down 3.10% or 1.82 points to 56.98.
The top performers on the MDAX were TeamViewer AG (ETR:) which rose 8.52% to 10.39, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which was up 2.68% to settle at 35.96 and CTS Eventim AG (ETR:) which gained 1.71% to close at 86.45.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which was down 6.40% to 11.12 in late trade, Siltronic AG (ETR:) which lost 4.88% to settle at 43.68 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 4.58% to 8.34 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were TeamViewer AG (ETR:) which rose 8.52% to 10.39, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which was up 2.68% to settle at 35.96 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 0.63% to close at 96.15.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which was down 6.40% to 11.12 in late trade, Siltronic AG (ETR:) which lost 4.88% to settle at 43.68 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 4.58% to 8.34 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 401 to 204 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Siltronic AG (ETR:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.88% or 2.24 to 43.68. Shares in Siltronic AG (ETR:) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.88% or 2.24 to 43.68.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.70% to 14.84.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.72% or 19.24 to $2,684.64 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.08% or 0.80 to hit $73.45 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.85 to trade at $76.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 108.93.
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