Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.65%

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

At the close in Frankfurt, the rose 0.65%, while the index climbed 1.41%, and the index added 2.11%.

The best performers of the session on the were Zalando SE (ETR:), which rose 4.24% or 1.26 points to trade at 31.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) added 4.12% or 14.70 points to end at 371.10 and Puma SE (ETR:) was up 3.08% or 1.50 points to 50.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (ETR:), which fell 2.62% or 1.00 points to trade at 37.17 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:) declined 2.14% or 0.22 points to end at 9.90 and Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:) was down 1.37% or 0.80 points to 57.54.

The top performers on the MDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 7.73% to 50.20, HelloFresh SE (ETR:) which was up 5.95% to settle at 24.77 and Bechtle AG (ETR:) which gained 5.47% to close at 36.25.

The worst performers were Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 3.55% to 7.72 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (ETR:) which lost 1.59% to settle at 191.30 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:) which was down 1.06% to 7.58 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 7.73% to 50.20, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:) which was up 6.80% to settle at 30.48 and Suse SA (ETR:) which gained 6.25% to close at 19.88.

The worst performers were Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:) which was down 1.80% to 73.75 in late trade, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which lost 1.58% to settle at 21.75 and Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 0.26% to 15.52 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 462 to 232 and 67 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.17% to 21.06.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 3.14% or 55.25 to $1,815.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.70% or 1.37 to hit $81.92 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.81 to trade at $87.78 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.06% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.13% at 104.71.

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