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Germany shares higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.47%

Published 11/04/2019, 06:15 am
Updated 11/04/2019, 06:15 am
© Reuters.  Germany shares higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.47%

© Reuters. Germany shares higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.47%

Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Software, Construction and Media sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.47%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.04%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.01%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 1.87% or 2.000 points to trade at 109.200 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) added 1.51% or 1.040 points to end at 69.720 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 1.41% or 0.290 points to 20.880 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which lost 0.73% or 0.053 points to trade at 7.242 in late trade. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) declined 0.36% or 0.073 points to end at 19.982 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) shed 0.31% or 0.170 points to 55.060.

The top performers on the MDAX were GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which rose 3.41% to 24.570, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was up 2.74% to settle at 36.31 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which gained 2.53% to close at 54.700.

The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 5.07% to 83.100 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 4.10% to settle at 23.880 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 3.92% to 72.350 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which rose 1.87% to 109.200, Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which was up 1.47% to settle at 37.28 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) which gained 1.34% to close at 99.700.

The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 5.07% to 83.100 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 4.10% to settle at 23.880 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 3.92% to 72.350 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 389 to 308 and 81 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.49% to 14.64.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.80 to $1312.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.77% or 0.49 to hit $64.47 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.47% or 1.04 to trade at $71.65 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1274, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8610.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.532.

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