Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 1.56%

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At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.56%, while the MDAX index added 1.40%, and the TecDAX index gained 2.85%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG), which rose 6.23% or 1.94 points to trade at 33.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) added 5.76% or 1.37 points to end at 25.17 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) was up 4.49% or 0.94 points to 22.01 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Adidas AG (ETR:ADSGN), which fell 1.02% or 1.70 points to trade at 164.54 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) declined 0.97% or 0.08 points to end at 7.69 and Mercedes Benz Group AG (ETR:MBGn) was down 0.80% or 0.41 points to 50.62.

The top performers on the MDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which rose 6.30% to 61.12, TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which was up 5.70% to settle at 9.64 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which gained 5.38% to close at 22.32.

The worst performers were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which was down 4.12% to 34.20 in late trade, Fraport AG (ETR:FRAG) which lost 3.22% to settle at 37.90 and Uniper SE (ETR:UN01) which was down 2.93% to 9.95 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which rose 13.93% to 21.71, Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which was up 6.30% to settle at 61.12 and TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which gained 5.70% to close at 9.64.

The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (ETR:FNTGn) which was down 2.26% to 22.87 in late trade, Software AG (ETR:SOWGn) which lost 1.92% to settle at 28.66 and Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:VBKG) which was down 1.10% to 46.64 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 461 to 217 and 88 ended unchanged.

Shares in Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.97% or 0.08 to 7.69. Shares in Mercedes Benz Group AG (ETR:MBGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.80% or 0.41 to 50.62. Shares in Fraport AG (ETR:FRAG) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.22% or 1.26 to 37.90. Shares in Uniper SE (ETR:UN01) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.93% or 0.30 to 9.95.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.61% to 31.20.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.60% or 28.15 to $1,735.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.52% or 1.51 to hit $97.99 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.92% or 1.97 to trade at $100.80 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.78% to 1.02, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.57% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 106.83.