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

Frankfurt closed with an additional 0.74%, which was a record high. The index gained 0.30% at the same time, and it fell by 0.09%.

They were the top performers at the session Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:), rose 4.01% or 2.8990 points to close at 75.000. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (+DE:) gained 2.050 points or 2.18% to reach 96.240, while Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. was up 2.050. In late trade, (DE:), was up by 2.15% (4.02 points) to 191.00

These were the worst performers of the session. Delivery Hero AG (DE): The close was 8.40% lower or 8.25 point, and traded at 89.95. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE) fell 3.36% or 1.200 point to finish at 34.560. Merck KGaA(DE:) dropped 3.35%, 7.40 points or to 213.50.

Top performers in the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:), which rose by 3.74%, to 138.75 Evotec AG O.N. (DE:) which was up 3.52% to settle at 40.020 and K&S AG (DE:) which gained 2.74% to close at 16.125.

These were the worst performers Uniper SE (DE) was at 2.29% lower than 41.040 late trade. Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:), which fell 2.28% to settle on 102.800, and GEA Group AG(DE:), which dropped 2.27% to 47.420 by the end.

Evotec AG O.N. was the top performer on the TecDAX. (DE:), which rose by 3.52%, to 40.020 Aixtron Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. was also up at 1.8%, while SE (DE) was up 1.88%. (DE) which was up 1.88% to settle at 18.170 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N.

These were the worst performers Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:), which fell 3.06% to 32.300 late trade. Jenoptik AG(DE:), which lost 2.59% in the closing session to settle at 36.160, and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:), which fell 2.28% to 102.1800 by the close.

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining stocks by 403 percent to 301, while 74 ended the day unchanged.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG shares rose to new 3-year highs. They gained 2.18%, or 2.050 to 96.240. Morphosys AG O.N. shares rose to new highs (DE): fell to 5-year lowest levels; dropping 3.06%, or 1.020, to 32.300.

The, which tracks the implied volatility for DAX options was at a 1-month low of 9.04%, to 16.10.

The February delivery of Gold Futures was up by 0.53%, or 9.70 to $1824.30 per troy ounce. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose by 1.81%, or 1.39, to $78.38/barrel, and March Brent oil, which rose 1.61%, or 1.29, to trade for $81.29/barrel.

EUR/USD rose 0.4% to 1.1338, and EUR/GBP climbed 0.07% up to 0.8345

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.3% at 95.940.