Investing.com – German stocks were higher after Thursday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the index rose 0.84%, while the index rose 0.24% and added 0.16%.
The best artists of the session on the were Airbus Group SE (ETR:), which rose 4.15% or 5.78 points to trade at 145.20 at the close. In the meantime, Siemens Energie AG (ETR 🙂 added 3.64% or 1.77 points to end at 50.34 and Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:) rose 2.60% or 0.90 points to 35.52 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Qiagen NV (ETR:), which fell 0.91% or 0.38 points to trade at 41.22 at the close. Merck KGaA (ETR 🙂 fell 0.70% or 1.00 points to end at 140.95 and Brenntag AG (ETR:) fell 0.52% or 0.32 points to 61.72.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:), which rose 2.64% to 6.31, Noordex SE ON (ETR :), which rose 2.39% to settle at 12.01 and Traton SE (ETR :), which rose 2.31% to close at 28.75.
The worst performers were Hugo boss AG NA ON (ETR:) fell 8.51% to 33.00 in late trading, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:) lost 3.75% to settle at 56.40 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST ( ETR:) fell 2.45% to 41.48 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Atoss Software AG (ETR :), which rose 3.36% to 123.20, Eckert & Ziegler AG ON (ETR:) rose 2.63% to close at 45.24 and Nordex SE ON (ETR:) rose 2.39% to close at 12.01.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:), which fell 3.75% to 56.40 in late trading. Energiekontor AG (ETR:) which lost 1.53% to settle at 41.90 and 11 AG (ETR:) which fell 0.99% to 11.96 at the close.
Rising stocks outpaced falling stocks on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 385 to 234 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Siemens Energy AG (ETR:) rose to record highs; increase by 3.64% or 1.77 to 50.34. Shares in Hugo Boss AG NA ON (ETR:) fell to the lowest level in three years; lost 8.51% or 3.07 to 33.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, rose 1.45% to 15.84.
February gold futures rose 0.04%, or 1.01, to $2,665.81 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for January delivery rose 0.19% or 0.13 to $68.85 per barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.18 to $72.48 per barrel. barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.18% to 0.83.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.11% to 106.16.