Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Insurance sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Chemicals and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.40%, while the MDAX index lost 0.12%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 10.66% or 2.140 points to trade at 22.210 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 1.69% or 2.56 points to end at 153.86 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 1.56% or 1.19 points to 77.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which fell 3.63% or 0.800 points to trade at 21.240 at the close. Covestro AG (DE:1COV) declined 3.16% or 2.300 points to end at 70.380 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was down 0.90% or 0.620 points to 67.900.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which rose 3.69% to 52.050, Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was up 2.34% to settle at 6.214 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which gained 2.12% to close at 38.540.
The worst performers were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 3.76% to 48.94 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which lost 3.14% to settle at 109.45 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which was down 2.71% to 41.70 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which rose 3.25% to 44.50, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was up 2.41% to settle at 42.500 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 1.27% to close at 3.513.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 22.37% to 22.000 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 8.14% to settle at 9.002 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 5.54% to 127.800 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 374 to 323 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) fell to 52-week lows; losing 22.37% or 6.340 to 22.000. Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) fell to 52-week lows; down 8.14% or 0.798 to 9.002.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.84% to 13.95.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.91% or 10.90 to $1188.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.82% or 0.59 to hit $72.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.54 to trade at $81.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1677, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 94.39.