Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecom, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Insurance sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverage, Transportation & Logistics and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.06%, while the MDAX index gained 0.40%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN), which rose 7.45% or 2.210 points to trade at 31.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (XETRA:MUVGn) added 2.32% or 4.400 points to end at 193.850 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (XETRA:DTEGn) was up 1.90% or 0.320 points to 17.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn), which fell 3.45% or 1.025 points to trade at 28.700 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) declined 2.93% or 0.330 points to end at 10.950 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) was down 2.76% or 0.370 points to 13.045.
The top performers on the MDAX were Talanx AG NA O.N. (XETRA:TLXGn) which rose 2.80% to 30.700, Duerr AG O.N. (XETRA:DUEG) which was up 2.70% to settle at 102.200 and Evonik Industries AG (XETRA:EVKn) which gained 2.41% to close at 32.255.
The worst performers were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which was down 2.86% to 12.410 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which lost 1.71% to settle at 53.370 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (XETRA:BOSSn) which was down 1.68% to 117.050 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) which rose 5.09% to 320.000, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) which was up 4.67% to settle at 104.600 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (XETRA:AFXG) which gained 3.48% to close at 25.150.
The worst performers were Xing AG (XETRA:OBCGn) which was down 3.63% to 154.000 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which lost 3.42% to settle at 7.096 and QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which was down 3.11% to 1.870 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 393 to 352 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.45% or 2.210 to 31.870. Shares in Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (XETRA:MUVGn) rose to all time highs; rising 2.32% or 4.400 to 193.850. Shares in Deutsche Telekom AG Na (XETRA:DTEGn) rose to all time highs; up 1.90% or 0.320 to 17.120. Shares in Talanx AG NA O.N. (XETRA:TLXGn) rose to all time highs; rising 2.80% or 0.835 to 30.700. Shares in Duerr AG O.N. (XETRA:DUEG) rose to all time highs; up 2.70% or 2.690 to 102.200. Shares in Evonik Industries AG (XETRA:EVKn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.41% or 0.760 to 32.255. Shares in BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) rose to all time highs; rising 5.09% or 15.500 to 320.000. Shares in Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.67% or 4.670 to 104.600. Shares in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (XETRA:AFXG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.48% or 0.845 to 25.150.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 7.84% to 17.05.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1151.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 1.04% or 0.50 to hit $47.67 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.38 to trade at $57.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.56% to 1.0606, while EUR/GBP rose 0.93% to 0.7132.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 99.36.