Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.08%, while the MDAX index gained 0.50%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens AG (DE:SIEGn), which rose 5.63% or 6.550 points to trade at 122.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 4.30% or 0.790 points to end at 19.180 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was up 2.26% or 0.181 points to 8.194 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 1.39% or 0.170 points to trade at 12.085 at the close. Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) declined 1.06% or 1.200 points to end at 111.500 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) was down 0.84% or 0.135 points to 16.025.
The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 3.54% to 4.59, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was up 2.61% to settle at 15.36 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which gained 1.96% to close at 36.450.
The worst performers were Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was down 2.42% to 47.540 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which lost 2.20% to settle at 109.150 and Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was down 1.50% to 69.780 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 4.19% to 44.750, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 4.01% to settle at 35.940 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 4.00% to close at 51.500.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 1.63% to 3.797 in late trade, STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which lost 1.13% to settle at 48.150 and Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) which was unchanged 0.00% to 0.036 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 505 to 253 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Siemens AG (DE:SIEGn) rose to all time highs; rising 5.63% or 6.550 to 122.800. Shares in Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.19% or 1.800 to 44.750.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.14% to 16.45.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.47% or 5.75 to $1205.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.45% or 0.24 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.37 to trade at $55.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.0751, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.8509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 99.89.