Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.53%, while the MDAX index climbed 2.22%, and the TecDAX index added 2.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 3.87% or 6.150 points to trade at 165.100 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 4.07% or 0.695 points to end at 17.765 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was up 3.53% or 2.050 points to 60.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which lost 2.43% or 0.695 points to trade at 27.865 in late trade. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 1.26% or 0.720 points to end at 56.340 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) shed 0.05% or 0.02 points to 40.36.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which rose 7.26% to 35.74, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 5.45% to settle at 127.600 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which gained 5.00% to close at 98.34.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 4.38% to 3.452 in late trade, Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which lost 1.37% to settle at 40.950 and LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was down 0.92% to 96.520 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 10.15% to 23.4500, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was up 8.14% to settle at 11.1550 and Shop Apotheke Europe NV (DE:SAEG) which gained 6.64% to close at 45.000.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 4.66% to 0.11 in late trade, Tele Columbus AG (DE:TC1n) which lost 3.51% to settle at 3.17 and Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 0.22% to 13.630 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 559 to 127 and 25 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.04% to 22.47.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.47% or 5.80 to $1216.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.23% or 0.15 to hit $66.33 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.31 to trade at $76.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1319, while EUR/GBP fell 0.64% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.85.