Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Construction, Retail and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.03%, while the MDAX index lost 1.26%, and the TecDAX index lost 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:FREG), which rose 0.81% or 0.27 points to trade at 33.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) added 0.80% or 0.12 points to end at 15.62 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) was up 0.76% or 1.80 points to 237.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG), which fell 3.80% or 1.09 points to trade at 27.62 at the close. Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) declined 2.57% or 12.50 points to end at 473.20 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) was down 2.34% or 0.69 points to 29.02.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stabilus (ETR:STM1) which rose 6.91% to 36.35, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:FMEG) which was up 1.56% to settle at 35.91 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (ETR:JUNG_p) which gained 1.45% to close at 25.12.
The worst performers were Knorr-Bremse AG (ETR:KBX) which was down 6.20% to 75.60 in late trade, Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR:AT1) which lost 5.31% to settle at 2.73 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was down 4.87% to 57.60 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which rose 0.76% to 237.70, 11 AG (ETR:1U1) which was up 0.62% to settle at 12.94 and Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG) which gained 0.55% to close at 54.90.
The worst performers were Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which was down 6.19% to 121.20 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which lost 4.87% to settle at 57.60 and Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) which was down 4.80% to 15.47 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 428 to 188 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.80% or 0.78 to 15.47.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.42% to 18.31.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.75% or 49.00 to $2,751.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.70% or 0.48 to hit $69.09 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.43 to trade at $72.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP rose 0.78% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 104.02.