Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Software and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.82%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.01%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.47%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 4.65% or 1.515 points to trade at 34.095 at the close. Meanwhile, SAP SE (DE:SAPG) added 3.50% or 4.070 points to end at 120.460 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 3.24% or 3.65 points to 116.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which fell 2.15% or 1.200 points to trade at 54.560 at the close. BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) declined 1.14% or 0.810 points to end at 70.285 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was down 0.69% or 1.00 points to 144.55.
The top performers on the MDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 8.60% to 25.260, Encavis AG (DE:ECVG) which was up 5.03% to settle at 16.500 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 4.83% to close at 18.788.
The worst performers were Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was down 5.03% to 85.000 in late trade, Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which lost 0.66% to settle at 75.20 and Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 0.50% to 43.800 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 8.60% to 25.260, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 6.30% to settle at 47.600 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 4.83% to close at 18.788.
The worst performers were TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 0.37% to 37.74 in late trade, Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which lost 0.01% to settle at 42.990 and LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which was unchanged 0.00% to 24.540 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 476 to 201 and 68 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 8.05% to 18.85.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.78% or 13.95 to $1779.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.33% or 0.20 to hit $61.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.18 to trade at $65.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.2012, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8673.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 91.297.