Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Chemicals and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.36% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index gained 0.07%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which rose 2.11% or 2.200 points to trade at 106.450 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) added 1.92% or 1.440 points to end at 76.320 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.48% or 1.500 points to 102.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 1.30% or 0.315 points to trade at 23.950 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 1.09% or 0.790 points to end at 71.560 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 0.91% or 1.400 points to 152.500.
The top performers on the MDAX were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which rose 2.68% to 28.880, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 2.05% to settle at 114.300 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which gained 1.85% to close at 47.555.
The worst performers were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 3.38% to 23.990 in late trade, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which lost 2.01% to settle at 15.35 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 1.98% to 38.400 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which rose 4.09% to 48.400, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 3.57% to settle at 50.350 and Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which gained 2.46% to close at 26.415.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 1.02% to 51.370 in late trade, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which lost 0.92% to settle at 34.55 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 0.90% to 52.760 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 442 to 321 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.05% or 2.300 to 114.300.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.63% to 14.97.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.91% or 10.85 to $1186.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.26% or 1.19 to hit $53.94 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.41% or 1.33 to trade at $56.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.69% to 1.0677, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8480.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.65% at 100.56.