Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.46%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.16%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 3.50% or 0.780 points to trade at 23.050 at the close. Meanwhile, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) added 1.58% or 0.740 points to end at 47.530 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was up 1.33% or 1.180 points to 89.740 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which fell 4.76% or 5.100 points to trade at 102.000 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 4.10% or 0.318 points to end at 7.436 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was down 2.97% or 3.400 points to 111.100.
The top performers on the MDAX were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which rose 5.31% to 40.860, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was up 3.19% to settle at 27.500 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 2.81% to close at 81.120.
The worst performers were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 3.93% to 14.4100 in late trade, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which lost 3.36% to settle at 7.013 and RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was down 2.23% to 50.500 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 2.81% to 81.120, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was up 2.65% to settle at 9.110 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.00% to close at 21.980.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 4.76% to 102.000 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 2.71% to settle at 13.630 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 1.60% to 83.000 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 377 to 323 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.50% or 0.780 to 23.050. Shares in Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.93% or 0.5900 to 14.4100. Shares in Uniper SE (DE:UN01) rose to all time highs; rising 3.19% or 0.850 to 27.500.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 9.36% to 16.36.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.48% or 6.20 to $1307.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $60.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.38 to trade at $68.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.1348, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.8698.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.87% at 96.032.