Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Insurance, Food & Beverages and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.79%, while the MDAX index declined 0.67%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn), which rose 3.22% or 0.380 points to trade at 12.170 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) added 2.05% or 1.590 points to end at 79.190 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) was up 1.31% or 0.750 points to 57.940 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn), which fell 3.81% or 1.115 points to trade at 28.150 at the close. Bayer AG NA (XETRA:BAYGN) declined 2.56% or 3.500 points to end at 133.400 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (XETRA:ALVG) was down 2.33% or 3.500 points to 146.800.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which rose 4.17% to 73.980, Rhoen-Klinikum O.N. (XETRA:RHKG) which was up 1.49% to settle at 25.935 and Gagfah SA Nom. (XETRA:GFJG) which gained 1.35% to close at 17.660.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which was down 3.80% to 33.540 in late trade, Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (XETRA:DWNG) which lost 2.99% to settle at 22.720 and Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ZILGn) which was down 2.14% to 25.335 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) which rose 3.89% to 104.100, Wirecard AG (XETRA:WDIG) which was up 2.78% to settle at 37.955 and Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which gained 2.56% to close at 43.405.
The worst performers were QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which was down 5.28% to 2.134 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which lost 2.74% to settle at 3.795 and Software AG O.N. (XETRA:SOWG) which was down 2.57% to 26.170 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 439 to 303 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) rose to all time highs; up 3.22% or 0.380 to 12.170. Shares in Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.31% or 0.750 to 57.940.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.40% to 21.01.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1187.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.77% or 0.44 to hit $57.07 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.14 to trade at $62.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.0916, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.7138.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 97.37.