Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Food & Beverages and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.02% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.06%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 1.17% or 1.700 points to trade at 147.250 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 1.08% or 0.245 points to end at 22.855 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was up 0.57% or 0.900 points to 158.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which lost 2.49% or 0.320 points to trade at 12.555 in late trade. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) declined 1.73% or 0.129 points to end at 7.321 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) shed 1.10% or 0.405 points to 36.525.
The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which rose 1.80% to 63.410, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was up 1.73% to settle at 36.36 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which gained 1.69% to close at 33.620.
The worst performers were RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was down 1.44% to 69.040 in late trade, Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which lost 1.16% to settle at 86.920 and Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which was down 1.02% to 11.665 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which rose 6.30% to 21.095, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 2.85% to settle at 7.427 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 2.28% to close at 45.400.
The worst performers were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 1.15% to 8.480 in late trade, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which lost 1.05% to settle at 32.16 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 0.88% to 4.052 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 414 to 337 and 37 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.56% to 16.94.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1139.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.52% or 0.28 to hit $54.18 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.23 to trade at $57.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.0381, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.8497.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 103.50.