Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.20%

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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.20% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index gained 1.25%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.34%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG), which rose 4.10% or 1.84 points to trade at 46.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) added 3.71% or 11.70 points to end at 327.40 and Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) was up 3.05% or 0.63 points to 21.31 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn), which fell 3.74% or 6.10 points to trade at 157.20 at the close. Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe) declined 2.36% or 0.62 points to end at 25.42 and Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) was down 2.17% or 0.25 points to 11.06.

The top performers on the MDAX were K&S AG (ETR:SDFGn) which rose 6.54% to 22.14, Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) which was up 5.72% to settle at 158.95 and Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:TEGG) which gained 4.92% to close at 6.50.

The worst performers were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which was down 2.83% to 20.97 in late trade, Vantage Towers AG (ETR:VTWRn) which lost 1.91% to settle at 25.66 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (ETR:O2Dn) which was down 1.70% to 2.08 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) which rose 4.10% to 46.68, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which was up 3.71% to settle at 327.40 and Siltronic AG (ETR:WAFGn) which gained 3.55% to close at 61.25.

The worst performers were Vantage Towers AG (ETR:VTWRn) which was down 1.91% to 25.66 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (ETR:O2Dn) which lost 1.70% to settle at 2.08 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 1.25% to 8.39 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 390 to 278 and 85 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.88% to 27.62 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 3.00 to $1,637.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.24% or 0.20 to hit $84.72 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.05 to trade at $92.36 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 0.98, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.09% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 112.69.