Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Food & Beverages and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low, while the MDAX index fell 0.28%, and the TecDAX index added 1.06%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 6.12% or 0.685 points to trade at 11.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 4.62% or 3.620 points to end at 81.910 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was up 2.92% or 0.172 points to 6.069 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN), which fell 6.28% or 9.200 points to trade at 137.350 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.45% or 0.295 points to end at 20.050 and Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11) was down 1.43% or 0.99 points to 68.16.
The top performers on the MDAX were Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which rose 3.25% to 62.980, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was up 2.09% to settle at 4.84 and Hannover Rueck SE (DE:HNRGn) which gained 1.36% to close at 99.470.
The worst performers were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG) which was down 3.88% to 38.420 in late trade, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which lost 3.24% to settle at 58.810 and Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which was down 2.36% to 27.290 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which rose 8.98% to 23.720, Aixtron SE (F:AIXC) which was up 2.20% to settle at 4.545 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which gained 1.48% to close at 66.550.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 2.91% to 30.645 in late trade, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which lost 2.64% to settle at 29.00 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 2.13% to 39.235 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 480 to 387 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11) fell to all time lows; falling 1.43% or 0.99 to 68.16.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.28% to 23.81 a new 3-months high.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.46% or 6.05 to $1302.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.74% or 0.79 to hit $44.55 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.34% or 0.63 to trade at $46.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1109, while EUR/GBP fell 1.21% to 0.8913.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 97.16.