Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.49%, while the MDAX index lost 1.27%, and the TecDAX index declined 2.49%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 2.35% or 0.275 points to trade at 12.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 1.70% or 0.250 points to end at 14.990 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) was up 0.51% or 1.00 points to 197.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which fell 9.21% or 2.610 points to trade at 25.740 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 4.67% or 8.60 points to end at 175.50 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 3.76% or 0.910 points to 23.275.
The top performers on the MDAX were Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which rose 3.27% to 14.84, Hannover Rueck SE (DE:HNRGn) which was up 1.62% to settle at 109.95 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 0.27% to close at 41.12.
The worst performers were Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was down 3.36% to 100.650 in late trade, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which lost 3.31% to settle at 54.580 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was down 3.00% to 23.740 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which rose 0.69% to 36.65, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 0.05% to settle at 4.266 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which lost 0.54% to close at 47.210.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 17.17% to 34.455 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 7.39% to settle at 11.345 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 7.39% to 7.635 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 599 to 164 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) fell to 3-years lows; losing 9.21% or 2.610 to 25.740. Shares in Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.51% or 1.00 to 197.30. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.39% or 0.609 to 7.635.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 13.16% to 14.30 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.24 to $1286.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.76% or 0.43 to hit $57.24 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.49 to trade at $63.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1648, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 94.40.