Off the wire
• 1st LD Writethru: Gold up on weaker U.S. equities  • Urgent: Oil prices gain amid declining U.S. output  • CoE issues guidelines to combat radicalization in prison  • Urgent: U.S. dollar falls despite upbeat data  • CoE to fight traffic in 'blood antiquities'  • Refugee crisis to last up to three years, Greece turns into resettlement country: minister  • Feature: Financial aid from ICRC helps displaced in E. Ukraine to keep roof over head  • Women's World Chess Championship final kicks off in Ukraine  • 1st LD: Mozambican authorities confirm finding of aircraft debris  • U.S. military invites "vetted" experts to "Hack the Pentagon"  
You are here: 　 Home

Germany's benchmark DAX index continues to rise

Xinhua, March 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

The benchmark DAX index at Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Wednesday continued to rise and added 59.46 points.

As fear for a sluggish economy in the United States is fading away, investors turned more optimistic, according to local analysts. The blue-chip DAX index gained 0.61 percent and closed at 9,776.62 points.

Deutsche Bank topped the list of risers with an increase of 5.14 percent. Commerzbank advanced by 4.25 percent. Volkswagen climbed by 2.75 percent. BMW rose by 2.71 percent and Daimler went up by 2.63 percent.

On the other hand, adidas fell by 1.95 percent. Beiersdorf, a skin care company, plunged by 1.83 percent. Linde, an industrial gas company, lost 1.82 percent. K+S, a supplier of standard and specialty fertilizers, slipped by 1.31 percent. Fresenius Medical Care went down by 1.26 percent.

Daimler was the most traded share of the day with a turnover of 304.84 million euros (around 331.42 million U.S. dollars). Endit