Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.22%
2022.04.01 20:37
Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.22%
Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Telecoms and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.22%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.58%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which rose 4.89% or 1.95 points to trade at 41.81 at the close. Meanwhile, HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) added 3.86% or 1.58 points to end at 42.54 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) was up 2.96% or 1.36 points to 47.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which fell 2.41% or 1.05 points to trade at 42.50 at the close. SAP SE (DE:SAPG) declined 1.35% or 1.37 points to end at 99.75 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) was down 1.34% or 5.40 points to 396.30.
The top performers on the MDAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which rose 3.59% to 7.18, K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which was up 2.40% to settle at 28.11 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 2.00% to close at 157.85.
The worst performers were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 4.86% to 25.06 in late trade, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which lost 2.42% to settle at 49.28 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 1.46% to 91.90 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 4.54% to 16.58, Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (DE:VBKG) which was up 3.50% to settle at 72.55 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COP1n) which gained 2.71% to close at 56.90.
The worst performers were Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which was down 5.17% to 26.06 in late trade, Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which lost 1.55% to settle at 57.30 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 1.46% to 91.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 404 to 302 and 60 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.56% to 28.52.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.46% or 28.50 to $1,920.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.84% or 0.84 to hit $99.44 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.05 to trade at $104.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 98.67.
