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Germany stocks mixed at close of trade

Published 02/02/2015, 12:15 PM
Updated 02/02/2015, 12:15 PM
© Reuters. Germany stocks mixed at close of trade

© Reuters. Germany stocks mixed at close of trade

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Insurance and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.25%, while the MDAX index gained 0.52%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.87%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG), which rose 2.60% or 1.105 points to trade at 43.655 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn) added 2.19% or 0.565 points to end at 26.365 and BASF SE NA O.N. (XETRA:BASFN) was up 2.08% or 1.650 points to 81.150 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG), which fell 3.32% or 0.500 points to trade at 14.555 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) declined 1.60% or 0.370 points to end at 22.720 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) was down 1.12% or 0.112 points to 9.865.

The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (XETRA:NAFG) which rose 3.17% to 49.695, Metro AG ST O.N. (XETRA:MEOG) which was up 2.45% to settle at 27.980 and Tag Immobilien AG (XETRA:TEGG) which gained 2.13% to close at 11.760.

The worst performers were Rhoen-Klinikum O.N. (XETRA:RHKG) which was down 2.11% to 22.985 in late trade, Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which lost 1.52% to settle at 40.055 and Airbus Group (XETRA:AIRG) which was down 1.38% to 47.049 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which rose 6.97% to 99.000, SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which was up 3.23% to settle at 11.345 and Jenoptik AG O.N. (XETRA:JENG) which gained 2.44% to close at 12.185.

The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 9.26% to 6.376 in late trade, Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which lost 3.57% to settle at 46.040 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which was down 3.35% to 109.700 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 313 to 266 and 179 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tag Immobilien AG (XETRA:TEGG) rose to 3-year highs; rising 2.13% or 0.245 to 11.760. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) rose to all time highs; up 6.97% or 6.450 to 99.000. Shares in Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) fell to 5-year lows; losing 9.26% or 0.651 to 6.376.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.70% to 20.85.

Gold for April delivery was down 0.16% or 2.00 to $1277.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 1.82% or 0.88 to hit $49.12 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 2.37% or 1.25 to trade at $54.24 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1338, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.7548.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 94.78.

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