Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.17%

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At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.17%, while the MDAX index added 0.42%, and the TecDAX index added 1.35%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG), which rose 9.67% or 3.71 points to trade at 42.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) added 7.33% or 3.07 points to end at 44.94 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) was up 4.63% or 2.27 points to 51.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which fell 3.28% or 1.55 points to trade at 45.77 at the close. Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) declined 2.91% or 1.88 points to end at 62.74 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was down 2.42% or 1.42 points to 57.36.

The top performers on the MDAX were Vantage Towers AG (DE:VTWRn) which rose 10.79% to 33.36, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 6.64% to settle at 13.81 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 4.76% to close at 81.88.

The worst performers were Hannover Rueck SE (DE:HNRGn) which was down 4.50% to 143.35 in late trade, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which lost 4.15% to settle at 11.89 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 3.01% to 2.45 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Vantage Towers AG (DE:VTWRn) which rose 10.79% to 33.36, Suse SA (DE:SUSEG) which was up 8.27% to settle at 27.22 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which gained 6.64% to close at 13.81.

The worst performers were 11 AG (DE:1U1) which was down 4.21% to 20.94 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 3.03% to settle at 16.33 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 3.01% to 2.45 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 424 to 273 and 72 ended unchanged.

Shares in Vantage Towers AG (DE:VTWRn) rose to all time highs; up 10.79% or 3.25 to 33.36. Shares in Vantage Towers AG (DE:VTWRn) rose to all time highs; up 10.79% or 3.25 to 33.36.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.14% to 31.35.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.69% or 13.40 to $1,929.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.60% or 1.65 to hit $104.63 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 1.17 to trade at $107.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.58% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 98.25.