Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Insurance and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Software, Industrials and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.19% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index declined 0.04%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG), which rose 3.93% or 3.555 points to trade at 93.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 2.00% or 0.880 points to end at 44.795 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 1.82% or 1.200 points to 66.960 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which fell 1.49% or 1.65 points to trade at 109.00 at the close. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) declined 1.31% or 2.80 points to end at 210.60 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was down 0.95% or 0.50 points to 52.30.
The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which rose 2.88% to 77.92, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 2.64% to settle at 64.620 and Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which gained 1.92% to close at 127.150.
The worst performers were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) which was down 3.42% to 10.783 in late trade, Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which lost 3.40% to settle at 28.970 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 2.81% to 58.740 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 2.64% to 64.620, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was up 1.92% to settle at 127.150 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which gained 1.81% to close at 46.00.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 2.81% to 58.740 in late trade, Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which lost 2.48% to settle at 153.050 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 2.12% to 16.907 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 339 to 330 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.93% or 3.555 to 93.920. Shares in HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.88% or 2.18 to 77.92.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.37% to 19.17.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.97% or 37.65 to $1872.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $68.75 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.19 to trade at $71.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.2127, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8598.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 90.502.