Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Telecoms and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.42%, while the MDAX index added 0.28%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 5.12% or 1.850 points to trade at 38.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 4.38% or 0.500 points to end at 11.920 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 3.50% or 1.73 points to 51.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SAP SE (DE:SAPG), which fell 5.97% or 7.040 points to trade at 110.840 at the close. Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) declined 3.11% or 2.12 points to end at 65.96 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) was down 1.89% or 1.26 points to 65.24.
The top performers on the MDAX were Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which rose 6.73% to 33.000, Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which was up 3.02% to settle at 78.500 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 2.51% to close at 40.820.
The worst performers were Hypoport AG (DE:HYQGn) which was down 6.17% to 386.200 in late trade, Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which lost 3.25% to settle at 731.60 and Scout24 AG (DE:G24n) which was down 2.93% to 51.680 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which rose 6.73% to 33.000, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 3.49% to settle at 27.310 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) which gained 3.17% to close at 16.722.
The worst performers were SAP SE (DE:SAPG) which was down 5.97% to 110.840 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 2.59% to settle at 18.020 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 1.75% to 31.440 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 412 to 288 and 75 ended unchanged.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.12% or 1.850 to 38.000. Shares in Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.11% or 2.12 to 65.96. Shares in Hypoport AG (DE:HYQGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.17% or 25.400 to 386.200. Shares in Scout24 AG (DE:G24n) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.93% or 1.560 to 51.680.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.22% to 26.16.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 2.02% or 37.05 to $1792.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.46% or 0.40 to hit $86.95 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.29 to trade at $88.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.87% to 1.1140, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8329.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.89% at 97.255.