Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities , Food & Beverages and Insurance sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction , Technology and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.29%, while the MDAX index fell 0.39%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ), which rose 10.22% or 19.85 points to trade at 214.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR: CBKG ) added 2.07% or 0.47 points to end at 23.16 and E.ON SE (ETR: EONGn ) was up 1.95% or 0.29 points to 15.18 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Brenntag AG (ETR: BNRGn ), which fell 1.75% or 1.00 points to trade at 56.10 at the close. Qiagen NV (ETR: QIA ) declined 1.33% or 0.50 points to end at 36.68 and Siemens Energy AG (ETR: ENR1n ) was down 0.96% or 0.56 points to 57.72.

The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR: DHER ) which rose 3.58% to 24.28, flatexDEGIRO AG (ETR: FTKn ) which was up 2.00% to settle at 20.40 and TeamViewer AG (ETR: TMV ) which gained 1.78% to close at 12.56.

The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR: WCHG ) which was down 3.19% to 63.80 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (ETR: JENGn ) which lost 2.77% to settle at 16.49 and RENK Group AG (ETR: R3NK ) which was down 2.70% to 50.49 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ) which rose 10.22% to 214.00, 11 AG (ETR: 1U1 ) which was up 2.75% to settle at 15.68 and TeamViewer AG (ETR: TMV ) which gained 1.78% to close at 12.56.

The worst performers were Nagarro SE (ETR: NA9n ) which was down 9.09% to 65.00 in late trade, SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR: SMHNn ) which lost 4.94% to settle at 30.40 and Siltronic AG (ETR: WAFGn ) which was down 3.10% to 33.78 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 389 to 240 and 24 ended unchanged.

Shares in E.ON SE (ETR: EONGn ) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.95% or 0.29 to 15.18. Shares in Nagarro SE (ETR: NA9n ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.09% or 6.50 to 65.00.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.04% to 21.14.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 3.15% or 101.94 to $3,342.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.73% or 1.06 to hit $62.39 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.65% or 1.07 to trade at $65.74 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.92% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 99.18.