Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Software and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.06%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.04%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p), which rose 2.48% or 13.600 points to trade at 562.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 2.33% or 0.912 points to end at 40.020 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) was up 1.93% or 2.12 points to 111.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG), which fell 8.20% or 4.090 points to trade at 45.810 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 4.19% or 8.56 points to end at 195.62 and HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) was down 4.16% or 3.16 points to 72.84.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 4.59% to 77.400, K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which was up 3.58% to settle at 14.770 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which gained 2.83% to close at 175.950.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 7.28% to 93.460 in late trade, Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) which lost 5.09% to settle at 91.460 and Befesa SA (DE:BFSA) which was down 4.31% to 64.40 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which rose 3.68% to 33.820, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 2.83% to settle at 175.950 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 2.48% to close at 562.800.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 7.28% to 93.460 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 1.26% to settle at 41.380 and Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which was down 1.23% to 36.270 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 351 to 337 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) rose to all time highs; rising 2.33% or 0.912 to 40.020. Shares in K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.58% or 0.510 to 14.770. Shares in Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.68% or 1.200 to 33.820.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.93% to 16.89.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 4.45 to $1803.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.33% or 1.10 to hit $81.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.53% or 1.28 to trade at $82.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1682, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8464.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 93.338.