Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Telecoms and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Industrials and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.40%, while the MDAX index added 0.30%, and the TecDAX index added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG), which rose 2.88% or 0.43 points to trade at 15.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe) added 2.56% or 0.95 points to end at 38.13 and Continental AG O.N. (ETR:CONG) was up 1.93% or 1.12 points to 59.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens AG Class N (ETR:SIEGn), which fell 4.42% or 7.88 points to trade at 170.52 at the close. Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) declined 2.32% or 0.59 points to end at 24.85 and SAP SE (ETR:SAPG) was down 1.46% or 2.68 points to 180.58.
The top performers on the MDAX were Traton SE (ETR:8TRA) which rose 4.79% to 31.70, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was up 3.20% to settle at 34.78 and Rational AG (ETR:RAAG) which gained 2.77% to close at 780.00.
The worst performers were Tui AG NA (ETR:TUI1n) which was down 5.57% to 6.75 in late trade, HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which lost 2.69% to settle at 6.15 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 2.21% to 21.20 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which rose 3.20% to 34.78, Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) which was up 1.56% to settle at 54.58 and Freenet AG NA (ETR:FNTGn) which gained 1.49% to close at 25.82.
The worst performers were Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG) which was down 5.51% to 77.10 in late trade, Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:SMHNn) which lost 4.41% to settle at 56.40 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 2.21% to 21.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 328 to 278 and 31 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.42% to 13.86.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.70 to $2,460.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $81.57 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.16 to trade at $85.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 103.74.