Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Retail and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.28%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.78%, and the TecDAX index added 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which rose 2.53% or 1.480 points to trade at 59.925 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n) added 2.41% or 0.56 points to end at 23.84 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 2.18% or 0.695 points to 32.625 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which fell 1.39% or 4.33 points to trade at 307.27 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 1.21% or 0.880 points to end at 71.895 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.12% or 2.25 points to 198.15.
The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which rose 6.93% to 92.00, Encavis AG (DE:ECVG) which was up 5.53% to settle at 15.660 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 4.91% to close at 47.145.
The worst performers were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 2.19% to 49.960 in late trade, Porsche Automobil Holding SE (DE:PSHG_p) which lost 1.85% to settle at 84.820 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 1.46% to 27.75 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 4.91% to 47.145, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 4.03% to settle at 15.490 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 3.31% to close at 23.085.
The worst performers were TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 1.46% to 27.75 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 1.10% to settle at 42.230 and Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which was down 0.71% to 58.540 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 444 to 260 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.53% or 1.480 to 59.925. Shares in HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) rose to all time highs; rising 6.93% or 5.96 to 92.00.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.71% to 18.19.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.85 to $1784.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.93% or 0.62 to hit $65.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.44 to trade at $68.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1698, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.243.