Wall Street closes at a record for the first time since end of January
Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Construction, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.60%, while the MDAX index fell 0.31%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn), which rose 1.92% or 4.90 points to trade at 259.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G) added 1.84% or 1.52 points to end at 84.20 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR:HNKG_p) was up 1.60% or 1.16 points to 73.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which fell 2.88% or 2.72 points to trade at 91.76 at the close. Airbus Group SE (ETR:AIRG) declined 2.57% or 4.72 points to end at 179.06 and Siemens AG Class N (ETR:SIEGn) was down 1.99% or 4.75 points to 233.50.
The top performers on the MDAX were Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC) which rose 1.72% to 94.75, Evonik Industries AG (ETR:EVKn) which was up 1.18% to settle at 17.10 and LEG Immobilien AG (ETR:LEGn) which gained 1.11% to close at 72.90.
The worst performers were K+S AG (ETR:SDFGn) which was down 4.28% to 11.86 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (ETR:JUNG_p) which lost 2.31% to settle at 32.20 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 2.17% to 12.84 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (ETR:DRWG_p) which rose 1.17% to 69.30, Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) which was up 1.01% to settle at 48.16 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) which gained 0.93% to close at 31.54.
The worst performers were SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn) which was down 3.62% to 26.60 in late trade, Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which lost 3.20% to settle at 51.50 and Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) which was down 2.35% to 24.06 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 342 to 260 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.62% or 1.00 to 26.60.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.85% to 16.58 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.86% or 28.75 to $3,387.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.68% or 1.04 to hit $62.81 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 1.08 to trade at $66.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.17, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.31% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 98.07.