Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Basic Resources and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.29% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index lost 0.25%, and the TecDAX index added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG), which rose 8.57% or 2.50 points to trade at 31.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) added 4.51% or 29.60 points to end at 686.00 and Hannover Rueck SE (ETR:HNRGn) was up 2.51% or 6.20 points to 253.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which fell 3.60% or 1.88 points to trade at 50.34 at the close. Mercedes Benz Group AG (ETR:MBGn) declined 2.02% or 1.14 points to end at 55.16 and Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe) was down 1.83% or 0.71 points to 38.01.
The top performers on the MDAX were SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co KgaA (ETR:1SXP) which rose 3.48% to 24.40, Hypoport AG (ETR:HYQGn) which was up 3.20% to settle at 183.80 and Lanxess AG (ETR:LXSG) which gained 2.08% to close at 24.05.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 3.29% to 12.07 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which lost 2.77% to settle at 7.74 and AUTO1 Group SE (ETR:AG1G) which was down 2.76% to 16.89 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were IONOS Group SE (ETR:IOSn) which rose 2.92% to 22.90, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which was up 1.86% to settle at 24.14 and 11 AG (ETR:1U1) which gained 1.77% to close at 11.52.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 3.29% to 12.07 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which lost 2.77% to settle at 7.74 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 2.26% to 14.03 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 302 to 292 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) rose to all time highs; rising 4.51% or 29.60 to 686.00.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.20% to 14.56.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.35% or 36.59 to $2,754.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.49% or 1.17 to hit $77.54 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 1.08 to trade at $80.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 108.80.