Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Insurance and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.08%, while the MDAX index added 0.44%, and the TecDAX index added 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.72% or 0.450 points to trade at 26.620 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 1.44% or 0.101 points to end at 7.120 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was up 1.25% or 1.300 points to 105.050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which fell 2.51% or 1.680 points to trade at 65.260 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.67% or 1.98 points to end at 116.64 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.44% or 2.58 points to 177.10.
The top performers on the MDAX were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which rose 9.42% to 21.600, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 3.73% to settle at 92.300 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 2.60% to close at 63.100.
The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 2.76% to 10.040 in late trade, Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which lost 2.34% to settle at 31.250 and Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was down 1.58% to 59.840 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 3.73% to 92.300, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was up 2.60% to settle at 63.100 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 2.34% to close at 4.200.
The worst performers were Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which was down 2.34% to 31.250 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which lost 1.31% to settle at 2.629 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 1.18% to 105.000 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 361 to 317 and 71 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.30% to 13.09.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.38% or 5.55 to $1484.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.48% or 0.29 to hit $61.14 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.31 to trade at $66.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1129, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8542.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.907.