Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 1.01% 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 1.01%, while the index added 1.63%, and the index climbed 1.59%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:), which rose 5.20% or 18.40 points to trade at 372.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) added 4.50% or 1.61 points to end at 37.37 and Puma SE (ETR:) was up 3.81% or 2.60 points to 70.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:), which fell 3.48% or 1.92 points to trade at 53.26 at the close. Bayer AG NA (ETR:) declined 1.84% or 1.23 points to end at 65.51 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:) was down 1.43% or 0.45 points to 31.11.

The top performers on the MDAX were Bechtle AG (ETR:) which rose 4.61% to 42.85, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:) which was up 4.09% to settle at 127.25 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 3.94% to close at 9.12.

The worst performers were Uniper SE (ETR:) which was down 1.54% to 23.00 in late trade, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:) which lost 0.60% to settle at 6.77 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (ETR:) which was down 0.56% to 25.06 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which rose 5.20% to 372.00, Bechtle AG (ETR:) which was up 4.61% to settle at 42.85 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:) which gained 4.09% to close at 127.25.

The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 0.95% to 51.90 in late trade, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:) which lost 0.14% to settle at 19.09 and S&T AG (ETR:) which was unchanged 0.00% to 15.92 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 433 to 224 and 104 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.17% to 21.87 a new 3-months low.

Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.20% or 22.25 to $1,870.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.29% or 1.49 to hit $116.75 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 1.33 to trade at $117.62 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.88% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 101.83.