Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Financial Services and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.14%, while the MDAX index declined 0.07%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG), which rose 1.37% or 1.370 points to trade at 101.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn) added 0.99% or 0.285 points to end at 29.075 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (XETRA:HEIG) was up 0.90% or 0.690 points to 77.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SAP AG O.N. (XETRA:SAPG), which fell 1.29% or 0.890 points to trade at 68.300 at the close. Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) declined 1.03% or 1.100 points to end at 105.350 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) was down 0.90% or 2.100 points to 230.500.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:FPEG_p) which rose 1.65% to 39.630, Hochtief AG (XETRA:HOTG) which was up 1.42% to settle at 69.060 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which gained 1.40% to close at 40.915.
The worst performers were Aareal Bank AG (XETRA:ARLG) which was down 3.28% to 36.560 in late trade, Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (XETRA:DWNG) which lost 2.54% to settle at 23.390 and Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which was down 2.20% to 70.220 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which rose 4.26% to 4.063, QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which was up 3.19% to settle at 2.070 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which gained 2.78% to close at 162.450.
The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (XETRA:COKG) which was down 2.57% to 35.650 in late trade, LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) which lost 1.25% to settle at 9.000 and Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which was down 1.09% to 44.275 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 373 to 370 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (XETRA:HEIG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 0.90% or 0.690 to 77.040. Shares in LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.25% or 0.114 to 9.000. Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; up 2.78% or 4.400 to 162.450.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.80% to 19.81 a new 1-month low.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.00 to $1204.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.87% or 1.69 to hit $60.67 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.36% or 1.53 to trade at $66.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1129, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.7101.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 95.36.