Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Food & Beverage and Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Insurance and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.05% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index added 0.97%, and the TecDAX index added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG), which rose 1.52% or 0.350 points to trade at 23.340 at the close. Meanwhile, K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) added 1.44% or 0.400 points to end at 28.250 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) was up 1.38% or 2.900 points to 212.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (XETRA:BAYGN), which fell 1.46% or 1.900 points to trade at 127.800 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) declined 1.02% or 0.240 points to end at 23.335 and E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) was down 0.98% or 0.130 points to 13.150.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which rose 3.95% to 25.420, STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (XETRA:STAGn) which was up 3.00% to settle at 28.305 and Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which gained 2.87% to close at 64.570.
The worst performers were Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which was down 4.80% to 41.527 in late trade, Sky Deutschland AG NA (XETRA:SKYDn) which lost 0.86% to settle at 6.659 and LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) which was down 0.45% to 70.490 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which rose 7.44% to 24.700, Cancom SE O.N. (XETRA:COKG) which was up 4.24% to settle at 39.445 and SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which gained 4.23% to close at 12.570.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (XETRA:O2Dn) which was down 3.33% to 4.735 in late trade, Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which lost 1.15% to settle at 34.915 and Morphosys AG O.N. (XETRA:MORG) which was down 1.09% to 74.400 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 486 to 246 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.38% or 2.900 to 212.700. Shares in LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) fell to all time highs; losing 0.45% or 0.320 to 70.490.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.83% to 19.31.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.17% or 2.20 to $1262.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 5.55% or 2.69 to hit $51.14 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 5.25% or 2.85 to trade at $57.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.82% to 1.1437, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.7477.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.70% at 93.92.