Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.69%, while the MDAX index declined 0.33%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which rose 1.09% or 0.980 points to trade at 90.770 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 0.14% or 0.045 points to end at 31.120 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 110.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which fell 1.17% or 0.475 points to trade at 40.135 at the close. SAP SE (DE:SAPG) declined 1.15% or 1.090 points to end at 93.890 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) was down 1.10% or 0.165 points to 14.830.
The top performers on the MDAX were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which rose 3.95% to 12.240, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was up 2.98% to settle at 0.31 and Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which gained 2.24% to close at 18.030.
The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which was down 1.86% to 83.731 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which lost 1.43% to settle at 106.650 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 1.38% to 38.660 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which rose 2.30% to 12.925, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 1.73% to settle at 8.835 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which gained 0.88% to close at 25.320.
The worst performers were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 4.04% to 12.580 in late trade, Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which lost 1.83% to settle at 26.030 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 1.78% to 13.785 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 452 to 323 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) rose to all time highs; rising 0.14% or 0.045 to 31.120. Shares in Metro AG (DE:MEOG) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.95% or 0.465 to 12.240.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.46% to 14.12.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.37% or 4.80 to $1296.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $59.62 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.10 to trade at $65.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1955, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 92.30.