Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Media and Food & Beverage sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.04% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index added 0.85%, and the TecDAX index added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (XETRA:BAYGN), which rose 3.69% or 4.700 points to trade at 132.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) added 3.63% or 2.500 points to end at 71.430 and BASF SE NA O.N. (XETRA:BASFN) was up 2.23% or 1.900 points to 87.020 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which fell 1.44% or 0.360 points to trade at 24.700 at the close. E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) declined 0.70% or 0.100 points to end at 14.145 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (XETRA:ALVG) was down 0.60% or 0.900 points to 149.050.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hochtief AG (XETRA:HOTG) which rose 5.53% to 71.900, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (XETRA:PSMGn) which was up 3.60% to settle at 43.700 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (XETRA:STAGn) which gained 2.50% to close at 29.325.
The worst performers were Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (XETRA:GWIG) which was down 7.53% to 33.625 in late trade, Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which lost 5.54% to settle at 9.446 and LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) which was down 0.79% to 73.960 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which rose 4.00% to 3.483, Xing AG (XETRA:OBCGn) which was up 2.07% to settle at 123.400 and Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which gained 2.06% to close at 3.865.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 4.03% to 7.354 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (XETRA:MORG) which lost 3.01% to settle at 74.760 and Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which was down 2.72% to 43.495 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 479 to 251 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bayer AG NA (XETRA:BAYGN) rose to all time highs; rising 3.69% or 4.700 to 132.000. Shares in Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.63% or 2.500 to 71.430. Shares in Hochtief AG (XETRA:HOTG) rose to 3-year highs; up 5.53% or 3.770 to 71.900. Shares in Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (XETRA:PSMGn) rose to all time highs; up 3.60% or 1.520 to 43.700. Shares in Xing AG (XETRA:OBCGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.07% or 2.500 to 123.400.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.07% to 15.08 a new 1-month low.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.61% or 7.30 to $1208.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 3.08% or 1.57 to hit $49.42 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.52 to trade at $61.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.32% to 1.1211, while EUR/GBP fell 0.66% to 0.7268.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.05% at 95.23.