© Reuters. Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.16%
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 fell 0.16%, while the index declined 0.82%, and the index declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the were Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:), which rose 3.92% or 1.84 points to trade at 48.83 at the close. Meanwhile, Adidas AG (ETR:) added 3.70% or 4.44 points to end at 124.44 and Vonovia SE (ETR:) was up 2.28% or 0.52 points to 23.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (ETR:), which fell 3.73% or 1.37 points to trade at 35.36 at the close. Bayer AG NA (ETR:) declined 2.79% or 1.44 points to end at 50.26 and Zalando SE (ETR:) was down 2.52% or 0.67 points to 25.89.
The top performers on the MDAX were Vantage Towers AG (ETR:) which rose 10.24% to 32.30, Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR:) which was up 3.81% to settle at 2.18 and CTS Eventim AG (ETR:) which gained 1.84% to close at 52.65.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 9.91% to 17.36 in late trade, ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:) which lost 9.02% to settle at 18.65 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 7.20% to 7.65 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Vantage Towers AG (ETR:) which rose 10.24% to 32.30, Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) which was up 3.92% to settle at 48.83 and Freenet AG NA (ETR:) which gained 1.74% to close at 21.05.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 9.91% to 17.36 in late trade, ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:) which lost 9.02% to settle at 18.65 and Varta AG (ETR:) which was down 4.15% to 28.66 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 402 to 279 and 76 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.90% to 23.05.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 1.25 to $1,714.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.92% or 2.60 to hit $86.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.41% or 2.30 to trade at $93.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.48% to 1.00, while EUR/GBP rose 1.05% to 0.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 110.19.
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