Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Software and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Transportation & Logistics and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.69%, while the MDAX index added 0.35%, and the TecDAX index added 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 5.34% or 5.170 points to trade at 102.050 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.45% or 0.320 points to end at 22.430 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 0.94% or 0.90 points to 96.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which fell 4.04% or 2.76 points to trade at 65.55 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 3.20% or 3.650 points to end at 110.250 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 2.85% or 0.390 points to 13.300.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which rose 9.57% to 63.550, Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which was up 3.35% to settle at 107.42 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which gained 2.94% to close at 33.9200.
The worst performers were Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which was down 6.07% to 452.25 in late trade, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which lost 5.06% to settle at 44.240 and Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which was down 4.16% to 21.22 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which rose 7.48% to 30.1600, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was up 7.17% to settle at 12.710 and Corestate Capital Holding SA (DE:CCAG) which gained 4.80% to close at 32.7500.
The worst performers were Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA (DE:BVB) which was down 6.47% to 7.805 in late trade, Aumann AG (DE:AAGG) which lost 6.00% to settle at 28.2000 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 4.32% to 77.450 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 375 to 307 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.85% or 0.390 to 13.300. Shares in Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.94% or 0.9700 to 33.9200.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.29% to 17.74.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.55 to $1314.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.65% or 0.35 to hit $54.25 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.81 to trade at $64.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1286, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 96.928.