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Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.46%

Published 10/02/2015, 12:15 PM
Updated 10/02/2015, 12:15 PM
© Reuters.  Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.46%

© Reuters. Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.46%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Transportation & Logistics and Retail sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.46%, while the MDAX index gained 0.75%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.61%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which rose 6.83% or 0.667 points to trade at 10.430 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) added 6.30% or 0.471 points to end at 7.947 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) was up 4.06% or 0.495 points to 12.675 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p), which fell 4.29% or 4.140 points to trade at 92.360 at the close. Henkel AG & Co Kgaa Vzo (XETRA:HNKG_p) declined 0.71% or 0.650 points to end at 90.260 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) was down 0.66% or 0.390 points to 58.270.

The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which rose 2.84% to 48.324, Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:FPEG_p) which was up 2.65% to settle at 40.615 and Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which gained 2.23% to close at 7.600.

The worst performers were Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which was down 1.60% to 33.155 in late trade, Celesio AG Nam. O.N. (XETRA:CLSGn) which lost 1.14% to settle at 24.720 and Gerresheimer AG (XETRA:GXId) which was down 1.02% to 64.290 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (XETRA:AFXG) which rose 5.25% to 25.775, Dialog Semiconductor (XETRA:DLGS) which was up 3.62% to settle at 36.025 and STRATEC Biomedical AG (XETRA:SBSG) which gained 2.94% to close at 50.750.

The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which was down 5.46% to 196.400 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which lost 1.57% to settle at 9.420 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (XETRA:O2Dn) which was down 1.03% to 5.286 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 367 to 310 and 36 ended unchanged.

Shares in Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.29% or 4.140 to 92.360.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.94% to 27.74.

Gold for December delivery was up 2.10% or 23.40 to $1137.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.07% or 0.48 to hit $44.26 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.18% or 0.56 to trade at $47.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.1260, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.7403.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.65% at 95.72.

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