Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 1.23% By Investing.com

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 1.23%, while the index added 1.21%, and the index climbed 1.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:), which rose 6.90% or 2.32 points to trade at 35.88 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (ETR:) added 5.65% or 0.88 points to end at 16.54 and Adidas AG (ETR:) was up 3.71% or 5.24 points to 146.42 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mercedes Benz Group AG (ETR:), which fell 2.13% or 1.53 points to trade at 70.36 at the close. Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) declined 0.85% or 0.44 points to end at 51.04 and Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:) was down 0.77% or 0.24 points to 30.39.

The top performers on the MDAX were Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:) which rose 6.80% to 5.89, HelloFresh SE (ETR:) which was up 5.61% to settle at 18.75 and Aixtron SE (ETR:) which gained 4.78% to close at 30.91.

The worst performers were Encavis AG (ETR:) which was down 5.61% to 15.14 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:) which lost 2.99% to settle at 123.25 and Jenoptik AG (ETR:) which was down 2.48% to 30.64 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which rose 6.90% to 35.88, Aixtron SE (ETR:) which was up 4.78% to settle at 30.91 and Suse SA (ETR:) which gained 3.21% to close at 15.75.

The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:) which was down 2.99% to 123.25 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (ETR:) which lost 2.48% to settle at 30.64 and Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which was down 1.90% to 33.50 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 482 to 182 and 87 ended unchanged.

Shares in Encavis AG (ETR:) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.61% or 0.90 to 15.14.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.08% to 19.69.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.36% or 7.20 to $1,983.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $73.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.39 to trade at $77.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.16% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 102.38.