Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Construction and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.25%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.34%, and the TecDAX index added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which rose 3.11% or 0.650 points to trade at 21.530 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 2.90% or 0.210 points to end at 7.452 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was up 2.67% or 1.400 points to 53.740 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 1.62% or 0.390 points to trade at 23.730 at the close. Linde PLC (DE:LINI) declined 1.38% or 2.250 points to end at 160.350 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was down 1.11% or 0.68 points to 60.79.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which rose 7.09% to 57.40, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was up 3.06% to settle at 7.448 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 2.95% to close at 80.98.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 4.36% to 79.480 in late trade, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which lost 4.23% to settle at 47.120 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 1.73% to 88.0000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 2.24% to 31.0200, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 2.06% to settle at 321.50 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 1.85% to close at 33.060.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 4.36% to 79.480 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 2.90% to settle at 19.440 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.73% to 14.270 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 405 to 283 and 88 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.24% or 0.6800 to 31.0200.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 9.22% to 13.29 a new 6-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.42% or 18.65 to $1295.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.41% or 0.91 to hit $63.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.76 to trade at $70.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1257, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8620.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.805.