Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction, Food & Beverages and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.51%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.14%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens AG (DE:SIEGn), which rose 3.03% or 3.100 points to trade at 105.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 1.93% or 0.280 points to end at 14.820 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was up 1.90% or 1.510 points to 80.820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which fell 2.33% or 2.180 points to trade at 91.370 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 0.78% or 0.115 points to end at 14.610 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 0.78% or 0.052 points to 6.600.
The top performers on the MDAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which rose 3.59% to 44.550, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was up 1.84% to settle at 36.84 and Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which gained 1.70% to close at 64.010.
The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 3.39% to 31.935 in late trade, Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which lost 3.36% to settle at 82.230 and Kuka AG (DE:KU2G) which was down 1.29% to 82.930 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 2.69% to 22.495, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 2.65% to settle at 33.755 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 2.40% to close at 41.990.
The worst performers were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 2.38% to 18.675 in late trade, Suess Microtec NA O.N. (DE:SMHNn) which lost 1.33% to settle at 6.105 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 0.62% to 25.565 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 469 to 374 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) fell to all time lows; down 0.78% or 0.052 to 6.600. Shares in Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.36% or 2.860 to 82.230.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.43% to 18.98.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.45 to $1321.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.33% or 0.58 to hit $44.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.16% or 0.99 to trade at $46.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1241, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8511.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 95.34.