Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.82%

Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.82%

© Reuters. Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.82%

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 added 0.82%, while the index climbed 1.01%, and the index gained 1.47%.

The best performers of the session on the were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:), which rose 4.65% or 1.515 points to trade at 34.095 at the close. Meanwhile, SAP SE (DE:) added 3.50% or 4.070 points to end at 120.460 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:) was up 3.24% or 3.65 points to 116.26 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (DE:), which fell 2.15% or 1.200 points to trade at 54.560 at the close. BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:) declined 1.14% or 0.810 points to end at 70.285 and Merck KGaA (DE:) was down 0.69% or 1.00 points to 144.55.

The top performers on the MDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:) which rose 8.60% to 25.260, Encavis AG (DE:) which was up 5.03% to settle at 16.500 and Aixtron SE (DE:) which gained 4.83% to