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Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 1.11%

Published 04/10/2018, 12:15 PM
© Reuters.  Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 1.11%
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Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Basic Resources and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 1.11%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.46%, and the TecDAX index added 1.56%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which rose 4.73% or 4.42 points to trade at 97.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 4.46% or 7.32 points to end at 171.58 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was up 3.70% or 0.390 points to 10.938 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which fell 0.95% or 1.00 points to trade at 104.20 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 0.77% or 0.069 points to end at 8.911 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was down 0.72% or 0.29 points to 40.03.

The top performers on the MDAX were Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which rose 3.04% to 88.260, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 3.00% to settle at 41.610 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which gained 2.96% to close at 81.360.

The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 16.19% to 0.17 in late trade, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which lost 1.83% to settle at 64.200 and Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 1.36% to 29.000 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which rose 13.59% to 20.640, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 6.76% to settle at 147.650 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 3.29% to close at 49.560.

The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 1.85% to 90.000 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which lost 1.51% to settle at 52.200 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was down 0.20% to 250.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 449 to 242 and 85 ended unchanged.

Shares in Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) fell to all time lows; down 16.19% or 0.03 to 0.17.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.57% to 18.23.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.16% or 2.20 to $1342.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.89% or 1.83 to hit $65.25 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.93% or 2.01 to trade at $70.66 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.2338, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8710.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.41.

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