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Germany's benchmark DAX index advances

Xinhua, April 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

The benchmark DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Thursday advanced by 1.08 percent and closed at 12,166.44 points.

Greece has repaid 448 million euros in debt to the International Monetary Fund, dismissing the fear that it might default and even leave the euro zone. The blue-chip index gained 130.58 points.

A total of 28 out of the 30 DAX member shares managed to rise, with BMW AG St taking the lead with an increase of 2.6 percent. Continental AG climbed by 2.59 percent. K+S Aktiengesellschaft, a supplier of standard and speciality fertilizers, rose by 2.15 percent. Volkswagen AG Vz went up by 2.15 percent and Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. added 1.94 percent.

The steel giant ThyssenKrupp AG lost 1.13 percent and Commerzbank AG went down slightly by 0.11 percent.

The turnover stood at 2.9 billion euros (around 3.14 billion U.S. dollars ). Daimler AG continued to be the most traded share of the day with a turnover of 315.46 million euros (around 341.7 million U.S. dollars). Enditem