Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Software and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.19%, while the MDAX index fell 0.08%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which rose 2.02% or 4.40 points to trade at 222.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 1.48% or 0.158 points to end at 10.842 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) was up 1.47% or 1.56 points to 107.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which fell 2.10% or 0.460 points to trade at 21.420 at the close. Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) declined 1.63% or 2.75 points to end at 166.25 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was down 1.50% or 3.20 points to 210.50.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which rose 3.48% to 80.980, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was up 3.38% to settle at 34.540 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which gained 2.63% to close at 60.500.
The worst performers were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was down 1.87% to 62.000 in late trade, Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which lost 1.49% to settle at 58.020 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 1.46% to 87.500 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 2.09% to 14.925, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 1.22% to settle at 53.900 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which gained 1.20% to close at 126.00.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 5.11% to 144.700 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 4.51% to settle at 16.290 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 4.02% to 19.205 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 361 to 330 and 82 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.56% to 15.38.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.44% or 6.00 to $1347.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.61% or 0.42 to hit $68.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.12% or 0.82 to trade at $74.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2342, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 89.54.