Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Software, Financial Services and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.14%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.32%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 1.41% or 2.14 points to trade at 154.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) added 1.32% or 1.500 points to end at 115.300 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was up 1.12% or 0.760 points to 68.920 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 1.43% or 0.320 points to trade at 22.070 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.41% or 3.10 points to end at 217.10 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was down 0.74% or 0.450 points to 60.450.
The top performers on the MDAX were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which rose 3.47% to 7.756, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which was up 2.13% to settle at 162.90 and Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which gained 1.91% to close at 49.58.
The worst performers were Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 1.64% to 91.000 in late trade, Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which lost 1.23% to settle at 483.50 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 1.22% to 12.50 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which rose 7.37% to 51.70, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 5.20% to settle at 102.150 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 3.83% to close at 13.000.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 3.70% to 14.445 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 1.57% to settle at 11.895 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 1.55% to 63.700 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 384 to 320 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.70% or 0.555 to 14.445. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) rose to all time highs; rising 5.20% or 5.050 to 102.150.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.27% to 15.60.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.21% or 2.70 to $1275.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.48% or 0.96 to hit $65.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $75.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1589, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8777.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.66.