Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Retail, Transportation & Logistics and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.75%, while the MDAX index gained 1.04%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.55%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p), which rose 4.62% or 14.70 points to trade at 333.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G) added 3.71% or 3.30 points to end at 92.36 and Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) was up 3.34% or 0.78 points to 24.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG), which fell 0.96% or 2.50 points to trade at 258.20 at the close. Allianz SE VNA O.N. (ETR:ALVG) declined 0.84% or 1.95 points to end at 231.40 and Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) was down 0.78% or 1.30 points to 165.75.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which rose 7.05% to 31.89, Fraport AG (ETR:FRAG) which was up 5.63% to settle at 52.68 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which gained 3.80% to close at 82.94.
The worst performers were Talanx AG NA O.N. (ETR:TLXGn) which was down 10.03% to 59.20 in late trade, HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which lost 2.42% to settle at 32.24 and Jenoptik AG (ETR:JENGn) which was down 0.81% to 24.54 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which rose 4.62% to 333.00, Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which was up 3.86% to settle at 70.00 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which gained 3.80% to close at 82.94.
The worst performers were Jenoptik AG (ETR:JENGn) which was down 0.81% to 24.54 in late trade, SAP SE (ETR:SAPG) which lost 0.29% to settle at 125.46 and Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) which was down 0.17% to 18.03 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 425 to 216 and 96 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.28% to 14.53.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.73% or 14.25 to $1,967.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.10% or 0.09 to hit $90.39 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.20 to trade at $94.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 104.40.