Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.04%, while the MDAX index fell 0.63%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn), which rose 1.29% or 1.50 points to trade at 118.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) added 0.82% or 0.700 points to end at 86.160 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 0.81% or 0.90 points to 112.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which fell 8.56% or 1.785 points to trade at 19.060 at the close. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 1.11% or 0.930 points to end at 82.640 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 1.10% or 0.094 points to 8.460.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which rose 3.55% to 47.00, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was up 2.75% to settle at 38.87 and Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which gained 1.45% to close at 108.350.
The worst performers were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which was down 2.29% to 60.130 in late trade, Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which lost 1.93% to settle at 51.400 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 1.92% to 9.798 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which rose 3.15% to 14.262, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was up 1.85% to settle at 137.90 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 1.22% to close at 4.559.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 17.35% to 7.377 in late trade, Software AG O.N. (DE:SOWG) which lost 2.03% to settle at 37.900 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 1.83% to 12.075 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 440 to 313 and 29 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.31% to 13.46.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.33% or 4.12 to $1246.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.61% or 0.29 to hit $47.03 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.23 to trade at $49.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.05% to 1.1635, while EUR/GBP rose 1.49% to 0.8973.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 94.05.