Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retail, Transportation & Logistics and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.86%, while the MDAX index added 1.31%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.67%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which rose 2.67% or 1.930 points to trade at 74.120 at the close. Meanwhile, Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) added 2.59% or 2.75 points to end at 108.75 and Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n) was up 2.45% or 0.61 points to 25.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn), which fell 1.28% or 1.75 points to trade at 135.44 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 0.14% or 0.060 points to end at 43.975 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) was down 0.04% or 0.020 points to 51.500.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 4.05% to 133.97, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 3.77% to settle at 18.700 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 3.21% to close at 101.95.
The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 0.86% to 19.867 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which lost 0.81% to settle at 34.280 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 0.76% to 2.227 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 3.77% to 18.700, LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which was up 3.06% to settle at 24.960 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which gained 3.02% to close at 50.90.
The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 0.86% to 19.867 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which lost 0.81% to settle at 34.280 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 0.76% to 2.227 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 475 to 217 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.02% or 1.49 to 50.90.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.79% to 17.91.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.31% or 5.60 to $1777.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $73.08 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.13 to trade at $75.32 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1928, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8578.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 91.847.