Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.20% By Investing.com

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 gained 0.20% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index gained 1.25%, and the index climbed 1.34%.

The best performers of the session on the were Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:), which rose 4.10% or 1.84 points to trade at 46.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) added 3.71% or 11.70 points to end at 327.40 and Vonovia SE (ETR:) 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:), which fell 3.74% or 6.10 points to trade at 157.20 at the close. Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:) declined 2.36% or 0.62 points to end at 25.42 and Siemens Energy AG (ETR:) was down 2.17% or 0.25 points to 11.06.

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

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

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

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