Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Insurance, Utilities and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retail, Technology and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 1.03%, while the MDAX index gained 0.41%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG), which rose 2.84% or 2.84 points to trade at 102.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) added 2.70% or 6.77 points to end at 257.45 and Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n) was up 2.66% or 0.58 points to 22.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which fell 1.75% or 1.590 points to trade at 89.030 at the close. Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) declined 1.53% or 1.46 points to end at 93.68 and HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) was down 1.33% or 0.92 points to 68.08.
The top performers on the MDAX were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which rose 3.68% to 44.540, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was up 2.70% to settle at 56.290 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 2.33% to close at 39.500.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 5.14% to 42.290 in late trade, AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) which lost 4.25% to settle at 19.95 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 2.90% to 59.560 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Suse SA (DE:SUSEG) which rose 3.41% to 36.40, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was up 2.24% to settle at 112.000 and United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which gained 2.06% to close at 34.730.
The worst performers were S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was down 29.35% to 13.24 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which lost 5.14% to settle at 42.290 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 2.90% to 59.560 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 515 to 196 and 63 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.53% or 1.46 to 93.68. Shares in AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) fell to all time lows; losing 4.25% or 0.88 to 19.95. Shares in S&T AG (DE:SANT1) fell to 3-years lows; falling 29.35% or 5.50 to 13.24.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 14.94% to 18.27.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.96% or 34.65 to $1799.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.34% or 1.66 to hit $72.53 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.35 to trade at $75.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1316, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8499.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 96.032.