Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 1.09%

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 gained 1.09% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index gained 1.70%, and the index gained 1.17%.

The best performers of the session on the were Zalando SE (ETR:), which rose 6.59% or 1.59 points to trade at 25.71 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:) added 3.97% or 0.88 points to end at 23.03 and Siemens Energy AG (ETR:) was up 3.73% or 0.42 points to 11.66 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (ETR:), which fell 1.47% or 1.50 points to trade at 100.35 at the close. Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR:) declined 1.14% or 0.72 points to end at 62.50 and Vonovia SE (ETR:) was down 1.03% or 0.23 points to 22.05.

The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (ETR:) which rose 6.22% to 65.96, K&S AG (ETR:) which was up 5.74% to settle at 23.20 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 4.91% to close at 5.55.

The worst performers were Aixtron SE (ETR:) which was down 1.57% to 28.91 in late trade, Stroeer SE (ETR:) which lost 0.86% to settle at 43.64 and Freenet AG NA (ETR:) which was down 0.31% to 19.34 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which rose 6.37% to 9.18, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:) which was up 5.06% to settle at 42.76 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 3.18% to close at 19.47.

The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 2.45% to 19.50 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:) which lost 1.57% to settle at 28.91 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which was down 0.49% to 26.15 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 476 to 178 and 98 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.32% to 26.96 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.77% or 12.75 to $1,670.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 3.31% or 2.82 to hit $88.14 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.50% or 2.29 to trade at $94.03 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.12% to 1.01, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.10% at 109.61.

Published at Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:15:04 -0700