Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Insurance and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.94% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.59%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which rose 5.11% or 2.63 points to trade at 54.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) added 2.56% or 1.640 points to end at 65.650 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) was up 2.28% or 4.55 points to 204.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which fell 1.22% or 1.60 points to trade at 130.05 at the close. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) declined 1.06% or 0.765 points to end at 71.090 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 0.87% or 0.295 points to 33.480.
The top performers on the MDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which rose 5.68% to 52.800, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was up 5.15% to settle at 149.000 and Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which gained 3.87% to close at 83.77.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COP1n) which was down 6.17% to 78.300 in late trade, Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which lost 3.07% to settle at 173.700 and Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which was down 1.83% to 27.380 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which rose 5.68% to 52.800, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was up 5.15% to settle at 149.000 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which gained 2.01% to close at 49.28.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COP1n) which was down 6.17% to 78.300 in late trade, Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which lost 3.07% to settle at 173.700 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 2.33% to 67.200 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 393 to 280 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.56% or 1.640 to 65.650. Shares in Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) rose to all time highs; up 2.01% or 0.97 to 49.28.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.38% to 23.20.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 2.44% or 44.85 to $1790.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $55.66 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.31 to trade at $58.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.1974, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.8766.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 91.495.