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Germany's benchmark DAX index closes up

Xinhua, June 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

The benchmark DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Thursday closed up by 122.29 points at 11,100.3 points.

Although the negotiations on the Greek debt issue still hangs on balance, the statement from the Chair of the Federal Reserve about the interest rate has been interpreted as a positive sign, which drove up the DAX index, according to local analysts. The DAX index went up by 1.11 percent.

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, a health care group, topped the list of risers, up by 2.69 percent. Bayer AG advanced by 2.28 percent. Deutsche Boerse AG, climbed by 2.23 percent. The utilities company E.ON SE rose by 2.11 percent. K+S Aktiengesellschaft, a leading supplier of standard and speciality fertilizers, went up by 2.08 percent.

Deutsche Bank AG lost 1.79 percent. Infineon Technologies AG, a semiconductor company, slipped by one percent and SAP SE went down by 0.64 percent.

The turnover stood at 4.23 billion euros (around 4.76 billion U.S. dollars ). Daimler AG was the most traded share of the day with a turnover of 409.24 million euros (around 460.99 million U.S. dollars). Endit