Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.61%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.31%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.85%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which rose 5.47% or 2.580 points to trade at 49.780 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 4.70% or 0.795 points to end at 17.700 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 4.53% or 6.60 points to 152.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which fell 0.94% or 0.470 points to trade at 49.390 at the close. Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) declined 0.47% or 0.130 points to end at 27.800 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 0.37% or 0.034 points to 9.181.
The top performers on the MDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 5.12% to 76.020, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was up 4.43% to settle at 43.400 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 4.34% to close at 31.010.
The worst performers were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 1.82% to 15.410 in late trade, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which lost 1.06% to settle at 25.280 and Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was down 0.71% to 55.800 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which rose 8.32% to 9.3960, Tele Columbus AG (DE:TC1n) which was up 6.57% to settle at 3.08 and Hornbach Holding VZO O.N. (DE:HBH) which gained 6.40% to close at 53.200.
The worst performers were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 3.45% to 46.980 in late trade, SGL Carbon SE (DE:SGCG) which lost 3.26% to settle at 8.610 and Indus Holding AG (DE:INHG) which was down 2.74% to 40.800 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 487 to 221 and 71 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 0.94% or 0.470 to 49.390. Shares in K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) fell to 5-year lows; falling 1.82% or 0.285 to 15.410. Shares in Indus Holding AG (DE:INHG) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.74% or 1.150 to 40.800.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 8.61% to 19.22.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 5.40 to $1226.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.78% or 2.02 to hit $55.45 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.45% or 1.53 to trade at $64.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1384, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.648.