Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Retail and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Chemicals and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.11%, while the MDAX index fell 0.03%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn), which rose 3.34% or 7.20 points to trade at 223.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) added 2.68% or 3.770 points to end at 144.200 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.51% or 2.28 points to 153.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 1.65% or 0.520 points to trade at 31.000 at the close. Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n) declined 1.33% or 0.35 points to end at 25.89 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was down 1.28% or 0.950 points to 73.450.
The top performers on the MDAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which rose 2.86% to 98.56, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 2.39% to settle at 67.710 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which gained 2.18% to close at 32.75.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 5.42% to 129.62 in late trade, Encavis AG (DE:ECVG) which lost 4.54% to settle at 15.150 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which was down 3.12% to 8.702 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 2.39% to 67.710, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 2.18% to settle at 32.75 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which gained 2.17% to close at 49.99.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 1.64% to 18.040 in late trade, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which lost 1.30% to settle at 159.80 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 1.12% to 22.470 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 368 to 307 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.34% or 7.20 to 223.00. Shares in Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) rose to all time highs; up 2.17% or 1.06 to 49.99.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.17% to 18.39.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 4.74% or 88.20 to $1773.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.65% or 1.91 to hit $70.24 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.62% or 1.95 to trade at $72.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.70% to 1.1910, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8558.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 91.877.