Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Chemicals and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.15%, while the MDAX index fell 1.44%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens AG NA (DE:SIEGn), which rose 1.92% or 1.770 points to trade at 93.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGAA O.N. (DE:MRCG) added 1.47% or 1.340 points to end at 92.410 and Henkel AG & Co Kgaa Vzo (DE:HNKG_p) was up 0.44% or 0.450 points to 102.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 9.59% or 1.195 points to trade at 11.265 at the close. Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) declined 3.48% or 3.120 points to end at 86.660 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 3.24% or 0.297 points to 8.875.
The top performers on the MDAX were RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which rose 4.22% to 82.780, Osram Licht (DE:OSRn) which was up 1.56% to settle at 37.699 and Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (DE:SZUG) which gained 1.28% to close at 18.155.
The worst performers were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which was down 5.02% to 33.230 in late trade, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which lost 4.99% to settle at 83.610 and Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was down 4.40% to 54.530 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 6.12% to 45.100, Jenoptik AG O.N. (DE:JENG) which was up 3.63% to settle at 13.850 and STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which gained 1.65% to close at 50.530.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG O.N. (DE:DRIG) which was down 4.39% to 44.725 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which lost 3.73% to settle at 6.651 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 3.73% to 25.415 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 511 to 180 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (DE:SZUG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.28% or 0.230 to 18.155. Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.12% or 2.600 to 45.100.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.11% to 21.28.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.54% or 5.90 to $1079.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.91% or 1.25 to hit $41.68 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.60% or 1.21 to trade at $45.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.0780, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.7090.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 98.84.