Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 2.28% to hit a new 1-month low, while the MDAX index declined 1.44%, and the TecDAX index lost 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG), which rose 3.08% or 0.73 points to trade at 24.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) added 2.36% or 0.67 points to end at 29.08 and Merck KGaA (ETR:MRCG) was up 1.51% or 2.50 points to 168.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (ETR:DHLn), which fell 6.28% or 2.59 points to trade at 38.66 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG) declined 5.40% or 0.82 points to end at 14.27 and Airbus Group SE (ETR:AIRG) was down 4.39% or 6.14 points to 133.88.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which rose 5.06% to 38.61, TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which was up 5.05% to settle at 13.11 and LEG Immobilien AG (ETR:LEGn) which gained 2.94% to close at 83.24.
The worst performers were Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) which was down 6.44% to 34.26 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which lost 5.09% to settle at 20.50 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 4.34% to 13.43 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which rose 5.05% to 13.11, Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which was up 0.73% to settle at 137.40 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which gained 0.63% to close at 63.75.
The worst performers were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:SMHNn) which was down 5.41% to 59.50 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which lost 5.09% to settle at 20.50 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 4.34% to 13.43 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 455 to 166 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.73% or 1.00 to 137.40.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.74% to 14.41.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.66% or 16.40 to $2,489.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.03% or 0.80 to hit $77.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.62 to trade at $80.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.31% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 104.13.