Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical, Financial Services and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.13%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.47%, and the TecDAX index added 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 4.90% or 8.25 points to trade at 176.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) added 3.20% or 2.960 points to end at 95.340 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was up 1.02% or 0.770 points to 75.970 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG), which fell 0.91% or 0.750 points to trade at 81.530 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 0.83% or 0.145 points to end at 17.345 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) was down 0.77% or 0.120 points to 15.555.
The top performers on the MDAX were GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which rose 2.91% to 37.485, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was up 2.89% to settle at 33.255 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which gained 2.03% to close at 63.190.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 1.37% to 36.295 in late trade, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which lost 0.94% to settle at 51.790 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was down 0.87% to 35.235 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 4.32% to 89.430, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 4.08% to settle at 6.487 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 3.46% to close at 11.950.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 2.54% to 59.910 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which gained 0.02% to settle at 47.680 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was up 0.04% to 52.320 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 444 to 321 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.08% or 0.254 to 6.487.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.86% to 13.98.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.27% or 3.28 to $1222.48 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.68% or 1.73 to hit $45.34 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.14% or 1.56 to trade at $48.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1333, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.11.