Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.39%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics , Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.39%, while the MDAX index gained 0.60%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.28%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p ), which rose 3.07% or 2.06 points to trade at 69.16 at the close. Meanwhile, Beiersdorf AG O.N. (ETR:BEIG ) added 2.79% or 3.55 points to end at 130.60 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG ) was up 2.30% or 11.30 points to 503.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G ), which fell 2.99% or 3.45 points to trade at 112.10 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn ) declined 2.40% or 0.39 points to end at 15.79 and Merck KGaA (ETR:MRCG ) was down 2.02% or 3.20 points to 155.50.

The top performers on the MDAX were Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC ) which rose 4.86% to 149.00, HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG ) which was up 4.58% to settle at 8.91 and SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co KgaA (ETR:1SXP ) which gained 4.10% to close at 31.96.

The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (ETR:GBFG ) which was down 10.99% to 44.15 in late trade, Hypoport AG (ETR:HYQGn ) which lost 4.78% to settle at 259.00 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG ) which was down 2.08% to 61.25 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G ) which rose 3.28% to 15.42, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG ) which was up 3.16% to settle at 31.96 and Siltronic AG (ETR:WAFGn ) which gained 1.96% to close at 59.95.

The worst performers were Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG ) which was down 2.60% to 127.40 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG ) which lost 2.08% to settle at 61.25 and Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n ) which was down 2.00% to 93.20 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 312 to 290 and 32 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.62% to 17.52.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.49% or 13.45 to $2,742.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.99% or 0.70 to hit $70.07 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.65 to trade at $74.31 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 104.07.

Source: Investing.com