Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.30%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology , Media and Construction sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.30%, while the MDAX index lost 0.79%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.41%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n ), which rose 18.95% or 7.38 points to trade at 46.33 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG ) added 6.14% or 1.85 points to end at 31.97 and Brenntag AG (ETR:BNRGn ) was up 2.27% or 1.28 points to 57.78 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:PSHG_p ), which fell 6.17% or 2.26 points to trade at 34.39 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn ) declined 4.70% or 1.45 points to end at 29.40 and Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN ) was down 3.52% or 0.74 points to 20.15.

The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG ) which rose 8.22% to 11.65, Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER ) which was up 2.94% to settle at 38.91 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn ) which gained 1.85% to close at 39.74.

The worst performers were RTL Group SA (ETR:RRTL ) which was down 14.06% to 24.15 in late trade, Stabilus (ETR:STM1 ) which lost 4.72% to settle at 35.30 and Jenoptik AG (ETR:JENGn ) which was down 4.67% to 20.82 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG ) which rose 5.55% to 8.56, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG ) which was up 4.64% to settle at 23.90 and Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR:EUZG ) which gained 2.17% to close at 39.58.

The worst performers were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn ) which was down 4.70% to 29.40 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (ETR:JENGn ) which lost 4.67% to settle at 20.82 and Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG ) which was down 4.65% to 63.60 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 386 to 245 and 25 ended unchanged.

Shares in Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n ) rose to all time highs; rising 18.95% or 7.38 to 46.33. Shares in Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:PSHG_p ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 6.17% or 2.26 to 34.39. Shares in Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN ) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.52% or 0.74 to 20.15. Shares in RTL Group SA (ETR:RRTL ) fell to all time lows; falling 14.06% or 3.95 to 24.15. Shares in Jenoptik AG (ETR:JENGn ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.67% or 1.02 to 20.82. Shares in Jenoptik AG (ETR:JENGn ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.67% or 1.02 to 20.82.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 7.74% to 16.69.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.61% or 16.00 to $2,590.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.31% or 0.21 to hit $68.33 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.26 to trade at $72.15 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 106.36.

Source: Investing.com