Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Financial Services, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.07%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.07%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 2.11% or 1.440 points to trade at 69.810 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 2.04% or 0.325 points to end at 16.280 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) was up 1.65% or 0.640 points to 39.460 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which fell 2.34% or 0.76 points to trade at 31.45 at the close. Siemens AG (DE:SIEGn) declined 2.11% or 2.250 points to end at 104.250 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was down 1.50% or 0.175 points to 11.500.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which rose 2.62% to 57.980, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was up 2.59% to settle at 53.400 and Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which gained 1.68% to close at 28.180.
The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 2.90% to 65.900 in late trade, Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which lost 2.54% to settle at 51.105 and Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 1.59% to 38.745 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 5.24% to 28.700, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 3.32% to settle at 37.200 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which gained 3.04% to close at 17.820.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 16.59% to 31.20 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which lost 7.67% to settle at 7.340 and Aixtron SE (F:AIXC) which was down 6.91% to 4.190 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 467 to 405 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) rose to all time highs; up 2.04% or 0.325 to 16.280. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.24% or 1.430 to 28.700. Shares in Aixtron SE (F:AIXC) fell to all time lows; down 6.91% or 0.311 to 4.190.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.68% to 18.03.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.65 to $1269.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.59% or 0.78 to hit $49.96 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.66% or 0.83 to trade at $50.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.0894, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8951.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 98.93.