Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Software and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.94%, while the MDAX index lost 0.57%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1), which rose 1.25% or 2.4000 points to trade at 193.7500 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 0.63% or 0.52 points to end at 83.70 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) was up 0.44% or 0.420 points to 96.840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 6.42% or 0.652 points to trade at 9.500 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 4.79% or 0.522 points to end at 10.376 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was down 2.77% or 1.860 points to 65.220.
The top performers on the MDAX were Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which rose 1.65% to 17.880, Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which was up 1.35% to settle at 67.800 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which gained 0.96% to close at 77.720.
The worst performers were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was down 2.46% to 51.50 in late trade, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which lost 2.06% to settle at 13.31 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 1.86% to 54.920 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 2.32% to 148.000, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 2.31% to settle at 14.585 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 2.11% to close at 140.500.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 4.24% to 10.265 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 3.92% to settle at 56.300 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 3.39% to 14.840 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 459 to 246 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.79% or 0.522 to 10.376. Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.11% or 2.900 to 140.500.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.26% to 17.20 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.11% or 14.30 to $1303.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.02% or 0.73 to hit $71.11 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.52 to trade at $79.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1728, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 93.70.