Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Media, Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Transportation & Logistics and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.29%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.77%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which rose 2.33% or 1.850 points to trade at 81.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 2.07% or 2.450 points to end at 121.050 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was up 1.15% or 0.990 points to 86.880 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which fell 8.37% or 1.195 points to trade at 13.085 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 6.88% or 1.890 points to end at 25.585 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) was down 4.79% or 1.160 points to 23.045.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 6.06% to 81.000, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was up 4.55% to settle at 49.940 and Tui AG NA (DE:TUIGn) which gained 1.84% to close at 16.875.
The worst performers were Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was down 3.97% to 57.620 in late trade, Kabel Deutschland Holding AG O.N. (DE:KD8Gn) which lost 2.08% to settle at 115.550 and Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (DE:WING) which was down 1.85% to 45.890 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 2.97% to 29.855, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 2.24% to settle at 42.865 and PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (DE:PSAGn) which gained 1.95% to close at 12.800.
The worst performers were Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which was down 4.46% to 22.720 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 2.45% to settle at 33.235 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 2.37% to 26.795 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 397 to 281 and 40 ended unchanged.
Shares in Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) rose to all time highs; up 1.15% or 0.990 to 86.880. Shares in Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) rose to all time highs; up 4.55% or 2.175 to 49.940. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.97% or 0.860 to 29.855.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.37% to 20.05.
Gold for December delivery was down 2.43% or 28.60 to $1147.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.15% or 0.07 to hit $45.87 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.20 to trade at $48.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.0960, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.7161.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 97.47.