Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Media and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.54%, while the MDAX index lost 0.37%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which rose 0.47% or 0.75 points to trade at 161.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) added 0.44% or 0.370 points to end at 84.600 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was up 0.42% or 0.500 points to 119.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which fell 3.02% or 2.760 points to trade at 88.480 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 1.95% or 1.320 points to end at 66.320 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was down 1.88% or 1.420 points to 74.180.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which rose 2.24% to 49.38, Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) which was up 2.20% to settle at 13.4700 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which gained 1.36% to close at 11.93.
The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 3.01% to 56.400 in late trade, Scout24 AG (DE:G24n) which lost 2.92% to settle at 44.620 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE:AT1) which was down 2.13% to 7.580 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which rose 2.88% to 20.740, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was up 1.92% to settle at 23.85 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 1.33% to close at 22.090.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 3.52% to 42.720 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 3.43% to settle at 10.840 and Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 2.91% to 53.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 434 to 267 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.52% or 1.560 to 42.720.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 7.75% to 15.58.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.59% or 7.20 to $1204.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.55% or 0.38 to hit $69.89 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.31 to trade at $77.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.1648, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8963.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 94.80.