Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.75%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the rose 0.75%, while the index gained 1.04%, and the index gained 1.55%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:), which rose 4.62% or 14.70 points to trade at 333.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:) added 3.71% or 3.30 points to end at 92.36 and Zalando SE (ETR:) was up 3.34% or 0.78 points to 24.13 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rheinmetall AG (ETR:), which fell 0.96% or 2.50 points to trade at 258.20 at the close. Allianz SE VNA O.N. (ETR:) declined 0.84% or 1.95 points to end at 231.40 and Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:) was down 0.78% or 1.30 points to 165.75.

The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which rose 7.05% to 31.89, Fraport AG (ETR:) which was up 5.63% to settle at 52.68 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:) which gained 3.80% to close at 82.94.

The worst performers were Talanx AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which was down 10.03% to 59.20 in late trade, HelloFresh SE (ETR:) which lost 2.42% to settle at 32.24 and Jenoptik AG (ETR:) which was down 0.81% to 24.54 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which rose 4.62% to 333.00, Nagarro SE (ETR:) which was up 3.86% to settle at 70.00 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:) which gained 3.80% to close at 82.94.

The worst performers were Jenoptik AG (ETR:) which was down 0.81% to 24.54 in late trade, SAP SE (ETR:) which lost 0.29% to settle at 125.46 and Kontron AG (ETR:) 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 , 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.