Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software, Industrials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.33%, while the MDAX index gained 0.68%, and the TecDAX index added 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which rose 6.75% or 11.90 points to trade at 188.18 at the close. Meanwhile, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) added 2.62% or 5.35 points to end at 209.70 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) was up 2.49% or 3.43 points to 141.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which fell 7.22% or 3.59 points to trade at 46.16 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 5.53% or 18.57 points to end at 317.18 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 0.91% or 0.410 points to 44.825.
The top performers on the MDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COP1n) which rose 8.22% to 74.350, Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which was up 8.00% to settle at 1029.50 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) which gained 4.85% to close at 106.680.
The worst performers were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 11.93% to 75.880 in late trade, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which lost 5.10% to settle at 15.1700 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 4.83% to 92.68 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COP1n) which rose 8.22% to 74.350, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was up 4.26% to settle at 160.150 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which gained 3.49% to close at 26.66.
The worst performers were S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was down 5.81% to 20.74 in late trade, Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which lost 1.28% to settle at 123.800 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 1.11% to 46.520 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 412 to 270 and 73 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.75% or 11.90 to 188.18. Shares in Rational AG (DE:RAAG) rose to all time highs; gaining 8.00% or 76.30 to 1029.50. Shares in Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.85% or 4.930 to 106.680.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.16% to 17.98.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.40% or 7.25 to $1807.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.28% or 0.87 to hit $69.02 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.19% or 0.84 to trade at $71.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1841, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8500.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.227.