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At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.23%, while the MDAX index gained 1.26%, and the TecDAX index added 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 7.25% or 1.750 points to trade at 25.880 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 2.68% or 2.49 points to end at 95.38 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 2.59% or 0.830 points to 32.875 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which fell 12.59% or 6.72 points to trade at 46.65 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 2.78% or 3.83 points to end at 133.81 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was down 1.95% or 1.020 points to 51.280.
The top performers on the MDAX were Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which rose 5.23% to 704.00, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 4.93% to settle at 10.800 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which gained 4.38% to close at 64.84.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 4.74% to 103.400 in late trade, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which lost 4.68% to settle at 4.110 and Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was down 3.69% to 64.00 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which rose 7.25% to 25.880, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 4.93% to settle at 10.800 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 3.98% to close at 11.500.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 4.74% to 103.400 in late trade, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which lost 2.77% to settle at 172.30 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 2.51% to 2.134 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 344 to 335 and 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) rose to all time highs; up 7.25% or 1.750 to 25.880. Shares in Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) fell to 5-year lows; falling 12.59% or 6.72 to 46.65. Shares in Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) rose to all time highs; up 7.25% or 1.750 to 25.880.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.65% to 27.70.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.14% or 21.55 to $1917.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.05% or 1.63 to hit $38.59 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.36% or 1.42 to trade at $40.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1744, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.9107.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 93.782.
