Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Financial Services and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.49% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.88%, and the TecDAX index added 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG), which rose 3.71% or 2.81 points to trade at 78.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 3.24% or 1.805 points to end at 57.505 and Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n) was up 2.79% or 0.64 points to 23.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 3.48% or 0.400 points to trade at 11.080 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) declined 2.81% or 1.870 points to end at 64.780 and Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) was down 2.71% or 2.300 points to 82.540.
The top performers on the MDAX were Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which rose 17.33% to 19.500, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 4.98% to settle at 109.550 and Hypoport AG (DE:HYQGn) which gained 3.94% to close at 554.000.
The worst performers were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was down 6.62% to 55.265 in late trade, Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which lost 6.50% to settle at 21.505 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 6.04% to 13.9350 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 4.98% to 109.550, Suse SA (DE:SUSEG) which was up 3.15% to settle at 37.94 and Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which gained 2.75% to close at 68.800.
The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 6.50% to 21.505 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 4.10% to settle at 20.465 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 2.14% to 40.310 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 396 to 280 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) rose to all time highs; up 17.33% or 2.880 to 19.500. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; rising 4.98% or 5.200 to 109.550. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.98% or 5.200 to 109.550. Shares in Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.75% or 1.840 to 68.800.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.65% to 15.57.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.67% or 29.50 to $1793.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.62% or 0.50 to hit $81.36 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.77 to trade at $82.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.1550, while EUR/GBP rose 0.77% to 0.8547.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 94.328.