Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software, Retail and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.16%, while the MDAX index gained 0.36%, and the TecDAX index added 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which rose 1.41% or 1.400 points to trade at 100.700 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.35% or 0.290 points to end at 21.730 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 1.03% or 0.220 points to 21.510 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which fell 4.29% or 6.90 points to trade at 153.95 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) declined 1.77% or 1.48 points to end at 81.95 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was down 1.61% or 0.890 points to 54.410.
The top performers on the MDAX were Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which rose 2.63% to 469.00, Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which was up 2.52% to settle at 47.16 and Talanx AG NA O.N. (DE:TLXGn) which gained 2.41% to close at 32.300.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 4.92% to 36.320 in late trade, Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which lost 3.45% to settle at 29.140 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 1.63% to 38.710 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which rose 11.28% to 20.920, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was up 3.07% to settle at 186.450 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 2.35% to close at 8.794.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 1.05% to 10.390 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which lost 0.80% to settle at 74.600 and S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was down 0.74% to 24.16 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 364 to 327 and 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.29% or 6.90 to 153.95. Shares in Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.61% or 0.890 to 54.410. Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.07% or 5.550 to 186.450.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.16% to 15.02.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.74% or 8.90 to $1194.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.29% or 0.20 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $74.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1558, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.9017.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 95.43.