Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Financial Services and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.31%, while the MDAX index fell 0.26%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 2.78% or 0.415 points to trade at 15.350 at the close. Meanwhile, BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) added 1.78% or 1.300 points to end at 74.360 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 1.02% or 0.110 points to 10.875 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 3.09% or 0.185 points to trade at 5.808 at the close. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) declined 2.71% or 0.272 points to end at 9.778 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 1.74% or 1.240 points to 70.110.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 3.87% to 86.420, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 1.84% to settle at 29.395 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which gained 1.74% to close at 29.200.
The worst performers were Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (DE:DWNG) which was down 2.28% to 32.330 in late trade, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which lost 2.01% to settle at 35.63 and LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was down 1.68% to 85.030 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 4.36% to 28.600, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 3.59% to settle at 37.365 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 0.86% to close at 40.500.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 3.04% to 32.895 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 2.64% to settle at 10.700 and STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was down 1.84% to 49.305 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 434 to 432 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.71% or 0.272 to 9.778. Shares in CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.86% or 0.345 to 40.500.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.32% to 19.13.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.19% or 2.45 to $1321.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.06% or 0.97 to hit $48.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 0.86 to trade at $50.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1244, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8652.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.29.