Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Financial Services and Software sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.83%, while the MDAX index gained 1.04%, and the TecDAX index added 1.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 4.24% or 1.020 points to trade at 25.100 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 3.46% or 5.74 points to end at 171.44 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 3.25% or 0.750 points to 23.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which lost 0.81% or 0.520 points to trade at 63.840 in late trade. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 0.30% or 0.048 points to end at 15.910 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) shed 0.25% or 0.032 points to 12.622.
The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 32.22% to 0.46, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was up 3.09% to settle at 14.49 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 2.88% to close at 74.34.
The worst performers were Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 1.66% to 17.750 in late trade, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which lost 1.47% to settle at 25.390 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 1.44% to 12.320 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 5.74% to 132.550, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 5.15% to settle at 12.665 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which gained 5.06% to close at 13.920.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 1.36% to 26.150 in late trade, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which lost 1.15% to settle at 68.900 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 0.76% to 12.990 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 544 to 208 and 58 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 8.38% to 12.64.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.15% or 2.00 to $1318.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.95% or 1.18 to hit $61.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.70% or 1.13 to trade at $67.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.2031, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8898.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 91.78.