Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.01%, while the MDAX index declined 0.70%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE (DE:EONGn), which rose 0.97% or 0.099 points to trade at 10.288 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde PLC (DE:LINI) added 0.73% or 1.800 points to end at 247.700 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) was up 0.19% or 0.100 points to 51.680 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n), which fell 11.09% or 2.86 points to trade at 22.92 at the close. Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) declined 2.64% or 3.53 points to end at 130.25 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 2.40% or 5.18 points to 210.25.
The top performers on the MDAX were Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which rose 3.20% to 40.150, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 1.12% to settle at 488.000 and Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which gained 0.93% to close at 29.180.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 7.51% to 56.640 in late trade, Encavis AG (DE:ECVG) which lost 6.17% to settle at 15.510 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 4.93% to 28.94 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which rose 4.94% to 169.90, Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was up 3.20% to settle at 40.150 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 1.12% to close at 488.000.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 7.51% to 56.640 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 6.45% to settle at 44.080 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 4.93% to 28.94 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 505 to 187 and 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.51% or 4.600 to 56.640. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.51% or 4.600 to 56.640.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.27% to 18.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.08% or 1.55 to $1826.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.90% or 0.66 to hit $72.47 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.75% or 0.56 to trade at $74.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1802, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8532.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 92.640.