Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Retail and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.69%, while the MDAX index declined 1.64%, and the TecDAX index declined 2.65%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which rose 2.69% or 1.25 points to trade at 47.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) added 0.46% or 0.320 points to end at 69.720 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was up 0.44% or 0.220 points to 50.520 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which fell 5.47% or 7.77 points to trade at 134.23 at the close. Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) declined 4.87% or 10.18 points to end at 198.82 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 4.60% or 0.894 points to 18.538.
The top performers on the MDAX were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which rose 3.30% to 14.6950, LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was up 2.86% to settle at 107.750 and Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which gained 2.27% to close at 101.000.
The worst performers were Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) which was down 7.62% to 13.9500 in late trade, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which lost 6.53% to settle at 17.545 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 6.41% to 31.220 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which rose 0.74% to 20.430, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was up 0.57% to settle at 8.890 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 0.52% to close at 2.876.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 7.39% to 20.300 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which lost 6.57% to settle at 30.550 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 6.41% to 31.220 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 564 to 147 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) rose to all time highs; rising 2.69% or 1.25 to 47.66. Shares in Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) fell to 3-years lows; down 6.41% or 2.140 to 31.220. Shares in Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) fell to 3-years lows; down 6.41% or 2.140 to 31.220.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 10.67% to 20.01 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.25% or 3.15 to $1284.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.68% or 0.42 to hit $61.70 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $70.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1220, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8614.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 97.197.