German shares gain 1.15 pct Friday
Xinhua,January 20, 2018 Adjust font size:
FRANKFURT, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- German stocks rose on Friday, with the benchmark DAX index up 153.02 points, or 1.15 percent, to close at 13,434.45 points.
German maker of sportswear and equipment Adidas won the most among the blue chips, with its shares up 6.57 percent. Industrial giant Thyssenkrupp and European health care company Fresenius SE rose by 4.10 percent and 2.63 percent respectively.
Multinational chemical firm Linde lost the most among the blue chips, by falling 1.16 percent. Pharmaceutical company Merck and telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom down by 0.44 percent and 0.10 percent respectively.
Chemical group BASF was the most-traded share with a turnover of 563.66 million euros (690.70 million U.S. dollars). Enditem