Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Media, Construction and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.54%, while the MDAX index gained 0.69%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 2.27% or 3.400 points to trade at 153.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) added 1.67% or 3.60 points to end at 219.30 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was up 1.66% or 1.700 points to 104.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which fell 0.51% or 0.235 points to trade at 46.105 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 0.41% or 0.039 points to end at 9.379 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was down 0.39% or 0.260 points to 65.980.
The top performers on the MDAX were Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which rose 22.06% to 55.050, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 3.60% to settle at 172.600 and Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) which gained 2.17% to close at 14.1350.
The worst performers were LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was down 2.87% to 106.550 in late trade, Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE:AT1) which lost 1.68% to settle at 7.592 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which was down 1.28% to 41.550 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which rose 8.99% to 9.70, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was up 3.76% to settle at 16.290 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 3.67% to close at 353.00.
The worst performers were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 2.86% to 7.800 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which lost 1.19% to settle at 2.485 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 0.95% to 88.300 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 408 to 260 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.66% or 1.700 to 104.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.68% to 17.11.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.43% or 5.50 to $1286.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.77% or 1.04 to hit $57.77 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.48% or 1.68 to trade at $66.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1139, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 98.042.