Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.64%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.81%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGAA O.N. (DE:MRCG), which rose 2.67% or 1.990 points to trade at 76.410 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 1.93% or 0.350 points to end at 18.510 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 1.70% or 1.310 points to 78.220 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 1.03% or 0.115 points to trade at 11.015 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 0.95% or 0.600 points to end at 62.500 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was down 0.62% or 0.085 points to 13.690.
The top performers on the MDAX were DMG Mori Seiki AG (DE:GILG) which rose 4.67% to 41.500, Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was up 2.89% to settle at 28.435 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which gained 2.71% to close at 36.205.
The worst performers were Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (DE:GWIG) which was down 1.59% to 12.050 in late trade, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which lost 1.45% to settle at 42.080 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 0.85% to 47.290 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were QSC AG NA O.N. (DE:QSCG) which rose 9.81% to 1.209, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 7.00% to settle at 47.400 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 6.32% to close at 3.380.
The worst performers were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 2.41% to 57.210 in late trade, PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (DE:PSAGn) which lost 1.90% to settle at 13.450 and LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which was down 1.52% to 6.401 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 516 to 299 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in DMG Mori Seiki AG (DE:GILG) rose to all time highs; up 4.67% or 1.850 to 41.500.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.31% to 22.41.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.26% or 3.20 to $1226.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.79% or 1.72 to hit $37.61 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 4.83% or 1.83 to trade at $39.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1418, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.8069.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 94.35.