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Germany's benchmark DAX rises

Xinhua, January 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

The benchmark DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Wednesday touched a new high during traded and closed up by 0.78 percent at 10,710.97 points.

The Dax closed after a roller coaster ride with gains on Wednesday. Positive news from Apple and other U.S. corporations faced the uncertainty about future developments in Greece.

The chemical group LANXESS AG went up by 7.62 percent, leading the risers'list. The semiconductor producer Infineon Technologies AG and ThyssenKrupp AG followed with an increase by 3.06 percent and 2.27 percent.The utilities supplier RWE AG St and BASF SE also climbed up by 2.04 percent and 1.77 percent.

Siemens AG fell the most by 4.82 percent. Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, a health care company, slipped by 1.03 percent. Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Lufthansa AG and SAP SE went down by 3.08 percent, 0.85 percent, 0.69 percent and 0.50 percent respectively.

The Turnover stood at 4.54 billion euros (around 5.15 billion U.S. dollars). Endit