Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retail, Technology and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Financial Services, Insurance and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.25%, while the MDAX index gained 0.52%, and the TecDAX index added 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 3.28% or 5.16 points to trade at 162.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) added 3.32% or 4.35 points to end at 135.50 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was up 2.33% or 1.350 points to 59.175 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn), which fell 4.13% or 9.00 points to trade at 209.10 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 1.83% or 0.710 points to end at 38.085 and Linde PLC (DE:LINI) was down 1.31% or 2.800 points to 211.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 5.47% to 69.740, HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which was up 3.52% to settle at 66.25 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 3.17% to close at 76.10.
The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which was down 3.03% to 89.60 in late trade, Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE:AT1) which lost 2.78% to settle at 5.806 and Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was down 2.40% to 85.40 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which rose 2.83% to 181.700, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 2.79% to settle at 60.850 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 2.77% to close at 15.957.
The worst performers were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which was down 2.19% to 53.700 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 2.08% to settle at 98.680 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 1.29% to 42.94 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 369 to 310 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.33% or 1.350 to 59.175. Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.47% or 3.620 to 69.740. Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.77% or 0.430 to 15.957.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.77% to 21.77.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.15% or 2.85 to $1863.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $53.24 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $56.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.2150, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8852.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 90.168.