Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Chemicals and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.36%, while the MDAX index fell 0.93%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which rose 3.06% or 0.850 points to trade at 28.590 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 2.32% or 0.280 points to end at 12.370 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 2.30% or 0.450 points to 20.015 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN), which fell 0.87% or 0.820 points to trade at 93.070 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) declined 0.67% or 0.70 points to end at 104.15 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) was down 0.59% or 1.10 points to 184.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which rose 3.39% to 71.353, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 2.61% to settle at 139.50 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which gained 2.41% to close at 56.440.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 46.15% to 0.59 in late trade, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which lost 2.56% to settle at 38.180 and Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which was down 2.51% to 32.010 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 4.56% to 11.700, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 4.25% to settle at 7.955 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which gained 4.06% to close at 5.994.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 4.17% to 23.430 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which lost 1.86% to settle at 75.900 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.52% to 44.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 406 to 342 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) fell to all time lows; down 46.15% or 0.51 to 0.59. Shares in Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.17% or 1.020 to 23.430.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.89% to 14.39.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.89% or 11.30 to $1254.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.13% or 0.63 to hit $56.59 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.78 to trade at $62.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1787, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.66.