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At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.01% to hit a new 3-months low, while the MDAX index declined 0.19%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which rose 3.22% or 2.98 points to trade at 95.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 2.98% or 3.90 points to end at 134.78 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 1.64% or 0.545 points to 33.685 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn), which fell 3.60% or 5.80 points to trade at 155.20 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 2.88% or 2.82 points to end at 95.22 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) was down 2.81% or 4.51 points to 156.11.
The top performers on the MDAX were Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which rose 6.15% to 57.260, HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which was up 4.90% to settle at 48.78 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which gained 3.25% to close at 42.545.
The worst performers were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 6.99% to 10.1750 in late trade, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which lost 6.05% to settle at 4.175 and Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was down 6.34% to 65.560 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which rose 3.25% to 42.545, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COP1n) which was up 2.94% to settle at 75.200 and Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which gained 2.43% to close at 105.500.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 3.20% to 18.155 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which lost 3.02% to settle at 30.850 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 2.93% to 162.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 441 to 218 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.98% or 3.90 to 134.78. Shares in Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 6.15% or 3.320 to 57.260.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.36% to 34.81 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 6.05 to $1911.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.41% or 0.93 to hit $39.49 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.03% or 0.83 to trade at $41.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1835, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.9056.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.793.
