Investing.com – German stocks were higher after Wednesday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed stocks higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the index rose 0.89%, while the index added 0.74% and the index rose 1.77%.
The best performers of the session on the were Sartorius AG VZO ON (ETR:), which rose 4.32% or 10.20 points to trade at 246.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (ETR:) added 2.65% or 4.40 points to end at 170.75 and Siemens AG Class N (ETR:) rose 2.61% or 4.54 points to 178.82 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (ETR:), which fell 1.66% or 0.81 points to trade at 48.10 at the close. RWE AG ST ON (ETR 🙂 fell 1.04% or 0.37 points to end at 35.20 and Zalando SE (ETR:) fell 0.90% or 0.22 points to 24.15.
The top performers on the MDAX were Nemetschek AG ON (ETR:) rose 5.37% to 91.25, Jenoptik AG (ETR:) rose 4.87% to 29.30 and Aixtron SE (ETR :), which gained 4.22% to close at 21.99.
The worst performers were Evonik Industries AG (ETR :), which fell 5.25% to 18.69 in late trading, Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) lost 1.96% to settle at 28.50 and K+S AG (ETR:) fell 1.84% to 13.06 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Suess Microtec NA ON (ETR:) which rose 6.46% to 57.70, Nemetschek AG ON (ETR:) which rose 5.37% to 91.25 and Jenoptik AG (ETR:) which 4.87% rose to 91.25. closes at 29:30.
The worst performers were Energiekontor AG (ETR :), which fell 0.83% to 71.40 in late trading, Eckert & Ziegler AG ON (ETR:), which gained 0.12% to settle at 48.10 and Noordex SE ON (ETR:), which rose 0.14% to 14.42 at the close.
Rising stocks outpaced falling stocks on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 356 to 239, with 42 ending unchanged.
Shares in Merck KGaA (ETR:) rose to a 52-week high; rising by 2.65% or 4.40 to 170.75. Shares in Eckert & Ziegler AG ON (ETR:) rose to a 52-week high; rising by 0.12% or 0.06 to 48.10.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, rose 5.37% to 14.19.
Gold futures for August rose 1.16%, or 27.30, to $2,374.70 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for July delivery rose 0.51% or 0.37 to $73.62 per barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.40 to $77.92 per barrel. barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.14% to 0.85.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.28% to 104.35.
