Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Construction and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.05% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index gained 0.10%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 2.33% or 0.395 points to trade at 17.335 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) added 1.40% or 2.25 points to end at 163.40 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was up 1.02% or 0.170 points to 16.810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN), which fell 1.05% or 0.970 points to trade at 91.190 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 1.05% or 0.076 points to end at 7.154 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) was down 0.73% or 0.680 points to 92.450.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which rose 3.13% to 53.710, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was up 2.66% to settle at 44.73 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 2.40% to close at 100.10.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 2.65% to 36.250 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 2.62% to settle at 31.570 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was down 2.07% to 70.900 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which rose 5.74% to 4.787, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 2.01% to settle at 54.940 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which gained 1.99% to close at 18.495.
The worst performers were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 2.45% to 13.560 in late trade, Software AG O.N. (DE:SOWG) which lost 0.93% to settle at 40.555 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 0.93% to 41.495 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 477 to 261 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.02% or 0.170 to 16.810. Shares in Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.13% or 1.630 to 53.710. Shares in Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.66% or 1.16 to 44.73.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.14% to 13.50 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.11% or 1.36 to $1265.84 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.61% or 0.30 to hit $49.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.05 to trade at $52.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.0877, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8474.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 99.08.