Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology , Software and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.14%, while the MDAX index declined 0.11%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.79%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ), which rose 2.58% or 34.00 points to trade at 1,353.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Energy AG (ETR: ENR1n ) added 1.74% or 1.04 points to end at 60.68 and RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR: RWEG ) was up 0.89% or 0.29 points to 32.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ), which fell 5.52% or 12.80 points to trade at 219.00 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR: IFXGn ) declined 3.45% or 1.20 points to end at 33.43 and SAP SE (ETR: SAPG ) was down 3.34% or 8.65 points to 250.10.
The top performers on the MDAX were RENK Group AG (ETR: R3NK ) which rose 4.05% to 45.70, HelloFresh SE (ETR: HFGG ) which was up 4.02% to settle at 8.38 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR: AT1 ) which gained 3.54% to close at 2.43.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR: AFXG ) which was down 4.86% to 65.65 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR: AIXGn ) which lost 3.85% to settle at 11.36 and Jenoptik AG (ETR: JENGn ) which was down 3.41% to 22.12 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were United Internet AG NA (ETR: UTDI ) which rose 3.41% to 19.40, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR: NDXG ) which was up 2.03% to settle at 15.58 and Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) which gained 1.99% to close at 69.05.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ) which was down 5.52% to 219.00 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR: AFXG ) which lost 4.86% to settle at 65.65 and IONOS Group SE (ETR: IOSn ) which was down 4.31% to 24.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 353 to 251 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aixtron SE (ETR: AIXGn ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.85% or 0.46 to 11.36.
The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.83% to 22.81 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.10% or 3.11 to $3,051.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.14% or 0.79 to hit $69.79 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.76 to trade at $73.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.30% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 104.01.