Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Basic Resources and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.25%, while the MDAX index fell 0.64%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 1.48% or 0.190 points to trade at 13.050 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 1.40% or 0.84 points to end at 61.04 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 0.69% or 0.066 points to 9.669 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which fell 3.73% or 5.000 points to trade at 129.000 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.56% or 2.36 points to end at 149.02 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 1.49% or 0.113 points to 7.479.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which rose 10.11% to 39.31, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 2.71% to settle at 34.050 and Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which gained 2.37% to close at 23.36.
The worst performers were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 7.97% to 41.820 in late trade, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which lost 5.54% to settle at 13.4650 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 3.63% to 20.150 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 2.71% to 34.0500, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 1.64% to settle at 2.847 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 1.23% to close at 32.900.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 3.73% to 129.000 in late trade, Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which lost 2.86% to settle at 36.06 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 2.61% to 44.860 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 426 to 280 and 73 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.71% or 0.900 to 34.050. Shares in Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.71% or 0.9000 to 34.0500.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.71% to 14.19.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1279.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $65.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.34 to trade at $74.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1137, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8633.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.860.