Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Software and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.20%, while the MDAX index gained 0.36%, and the TecDAX index added 1.59%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG), which rose 1.79% or 1.110 points to trade at 63.280 at the close. Meanwhile, Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) added 1.65% or 0.205 points to end at 12.645 and Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) was up 1.58% or 1.320 points to 84.820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG), which fell 1.93% or 4.100 points to trade at 208.750 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) declined 1.44% or 2.900 points to end at 197.900 and Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) was down 1.18% or 1.120 points to 93.550.
The top performers on the MDAX were Evonik Industries AG (XETRA:EVKn) which rose 3.25% to 35.620, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (XETRA:SY1G) which was up 1.78% to settle at 58.940 and Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) which gained 1.75% to close at 15.390.
The worst performers were Talanx AG NA O.N. (XETRA:TLXGn) which was down 3.27% to 27.950 in late trade, Kion Group AG (XETRA:KGX) which lost 3.14% to settle at 39.20 and Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which was down 2.79% to 16.195 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which rose 17.82% to 33.750, BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) which was up 4.77% to settle at 299.700 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which gained 4.38% to close at 35.490.
The worst performers were Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which was down 1.58% to 3.431 in late trade, PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (XETRA:PSAGn) which lost 1.32% to settle at 11.250 and Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which was down 1.14% to 9.413 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 458 to 293 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.79% or 1.110 to 63.280. Shares in Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.58% or 1.320 to 84.820. Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) rose to 52-week highs; up 17.82% or 5.105 to 33.750. Shares in Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.58% or 0.055 to 3.431. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.38% or 1.490 to 35.490.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.08% to 19.51 a new 1-month low.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.55% or 6.40 to $1147.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.49% or 1.32 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 1.15 to trade at $57.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.0971, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.7018.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 97.19.