Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Basic Resources and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.53% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index gained 0.31%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 3.69% or 2.540 points to trade at 71.310 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) added 2.69% or 2.320 points to end at 88.480 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 2.29% or 3.15 points to 140.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which fell 2.76% or 0.267 points to trade at 9.419 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 2.43% or 0.600 points to end at 24.100 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 0.97% or 0.140 points to 14.350.
The top performers on the MDAX were Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which rose 2.59% to 98.220, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was up 2.42% to settle at 57.470 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which gained 2.14% to close at 69.150.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 3.60% to 119.25 in late trade, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which lost 2.37% to settle at 22.440 and Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was down 1.73% to 37.465 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 5.43% to 35.610, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 4.21% to settle at 22.380 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 3.37% to close at 74.280.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 5.87% to 32.95 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which lost 3.91% to settle at 4.601 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 2.10% to 11.205 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 403 to 361 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) rose to all time highs; up 2.59% or 2.480 to 98.220. Shares in Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) rose to all time highs; up 2.42% or 1.360 to 57.470. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.21% or 0.905 to 22.380. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.37% or 2.420 to 74.280.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.76% to 12.14.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.73 to $1275.17 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $50.38 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $55.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1759, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8863.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.32.