Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

The index dropped 1.93% and the index lost 1.89% at the Frankfurt close.

RWE AG ST O.N. was the best performer of the session. (DE:), rose 1.13% (0.46 points) to trade at 41.08 by the close. Meanwhile, Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:) added 0.88% or 0.52 points to end at 59.54 and Merck KGaA (DE:) was up 0.76% or 1.45 points to 191.70 in late trade.

They were also the session’s worst performers HelloFresh SE (DE:), fell 9.46%, or 4.37 points, to trade at 41.81 by the close. Zalando SE (DE): The decline of 6.92% (3.50 points) in the DE ended at 47.06 Delivery Hero AG (DE:), was at 44.94 by 6.74%, or 3.25 points.

Top performers in the MDAX were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:), which rose 2.12% – 2.65 Uniper SE (DE:), which rose 1.86% to settle in 24.12, and Gerresheimer AG(DE:), which gained 1.43% until it closed at 67.55.

They were among the most disappointing. Aurubis AG (DE:), which fell 10.01% at 101.60 in late trading, Sixt SE(DE:), which lost 8.89% and settled at 121.90 Kion Group AG (DE:), which fell 7.48% to 55.38 by the end.

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:), which rose 2.12% and 2.65 respectively, was the top performer on the TecDAX. Vantage Towers AG (DE:), which was up by 0.97%, to settle at 33.18 No cost for internet AG NA (DE) closed at 24.80 after gaining 0.73%.

They were among the most disappointing. Suse SA (DE:), which fell 6.07% to 29,10.10 in late-trade, TeamViewer AG (DE :), which fell 5.36% to settle in 12.71, and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG AG(DE :), which dropped 5.35% to close at 143.25.

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 547, 158 and 61 respectively.

Kion Group AG shares (DE:), fell 7.48%, or 4.48 to 56.38.

The, which is used to measure implied volatility for DAX options was up 9.32% from 31.19.

For June delivery, Gold Futures fell 0.27% (or 5.30) to $1.922.20 an troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which fell 3.29 or 3.23% to $98.67/barrel, and June Brent oil, which fell 3.20 or 3.00% to $103.44/barrel.

EUR/USD was stable at 0.03%, 1.09 and EUR/GBP unaffected at 0.01%.

At 99.54, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.11%.