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At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.80% to hit a new 6-months high, while the MDAX index gained 0.20%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 3.82% or 5.43 points to trade at 147.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 2.66% or 3.08 points to end at 118.88 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) was up 2.52% or 5.95 points to 241.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG), which fell 2.00% or 0.840 points to trade at 41.200 at the close. Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) declined 1.29% or 1.31 points to end at 99.94 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 1.29% or 0.450 points to 34.435.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 7.70% to 68.780, Grenke N AG (DE:GLJn) which was up 6.41% to settle at 39.16 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which gained 5.36% to close at 5.902.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 7.32% to 61.450 in late trade, Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which lost 3.12% to settle at 177.000 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 2.67% to 371.800 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which rose 6.57% to 20.44, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which was up 3.43% to settle at 25.960 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.35% to close at 26.170.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 7.32% to 61.450 in late trade, Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which lost 3.12% to settle at 177.000 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 2.67% to 371.800 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 443 to 231 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 7.70% or 4.920 to 68.780.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.14% to 23.38.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.82% or 32.35 to $1813.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.96% or 0.89 to hit $44.45 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.23% or 0.59 to trade at $47.29 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.99% to 1.2046, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8968.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 91.287.
