Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software, Industrials and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.61%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.68%, and the TecDAX index added 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which rose 2.09% or 1.720 points to trade at 84.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 1.90% or 1.280 points to end at 68.720 and Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1) was up 1.77% or 3.7000 points to 212.8000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 1.24% or 0.105 points to trade at 8.329 at the close. Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) declined 0.25% or 0.070 points to end at 27.650 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 0.15% or 0.014 points to 9.560.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which rose 7.62% to 75.550, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was up 5.23% to settle at 100.350 and GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which gained 2.07% to close at 28.600.
The worst performers were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 2.17% to 48.75 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which lost 1.35% to settle at 116.75 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 1.33% to 37.970 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which rose 3.64% to 73.950, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 3.18% to settle at 64.900 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 2.88% to close at 152.000.
The worst performers were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 1.20% to 12.370 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 1.06% to settle at 33.540 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 1.06% to 9.740 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 445 to 269 and 69 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.62% or 5.350 to 75.550. Shares in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.18% or 2.000 to 64.900.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.07% to 14.75.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.23% or 2.90 to $1247.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.21% or 0.85 to hit $69.53 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $73.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1687, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8837.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.47.