Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Software , Technology and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 3.00%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.31%, and the TecDAX index added 3.33%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were SAP SE (ETR: SAPG ), which rose 10.62% or 23.20 points to trade at 241.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR: DBKGn ) added 4.50% or 0.94 points to end at 21.95 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ) was up 4.36% or 9.60 points to 230.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ), which fell 2.98% or 42.50 points to trade at 1,383.50 at the close. E.ON SE (ETR: EONGn ) declined 2.42% or 0.38 points to end at 15.15 and RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR: RWEG ) was down 1.61% or 0.55 points to 33.59.

The top performers on the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR: EVTG ) which rose 5.62% to 7.22, Delivery Hero AG (ETR: DHER ) which was up 5.37% to settle at 24.90 and Jenoptik AG (ETR: JENGn ) which gained 4.75% to close at 17.19.

The worst performers were RENK Group AG (ETR: R3NK ) which was down 5.54% to 47.48 in late trade, Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) which lost 3.83% to settle at 62.75 and LEG Immobilien AG (ETR: LEGn ) which was down 2.32% to 71.70 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were SAP SE (ETR: SAPG ) which rose 10.62% to 241.70, SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR: SMHNn ) which was up 6.68% to settle at 31.92 and Siltronic AG (ETR: WAFGn ) which gained 5.71% to close at 36.30.

The worst performers were Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) which was down 3.83% to 62.75 in late trade, IONOS Group SE (ETR: IOSn ) which lost 1.73% to settle at 28.40 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR: AFXG ) which was down 0.76% to 58.80 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 471 to 151 and 28 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.04% to 21.14.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.53% or 120.59 to $3,298.81 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.73% or 1.74 to hit $61.93 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.48% or 1.67 to trade at $65.77 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.71% at 99.39.