Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Chemicals and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.62% to hit a new 3-months high, while the MDAX index gained 0.23%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 2.69% or 0.248 points to trade at 9.476 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1) added 2.06% or 3.9000 points to end at 193.6000 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.56% or 1.28 points to 83.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which fell 1.19% or 0.980 points to trade at 81.080 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 0.88% or 2.00 points to end at 224.40 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) was down 0.73% or 1.40 points to 191.10.
The top performers on the MDAX were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which rose 2.25% to 68.100, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 2.10% to settle at 152.90 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 1.78% to close at 27.380.
The worst performers were Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) which was down 1.31% to 11.6500 in late trade, Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which lost 1.25% to settle at 149.50 and Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was down 0.96% to 113.150 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which rose 7.83% to 33.05, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 3.47% to settle at 268.50 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 3.21% to close at 91.750.
The worst performers were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 7.11% to 20.900 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 6.96% to settle at 19.762 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 2.64% to 12.365 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 412 to 258 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.25% or 1.500 to 68.100. Shares in Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) fell to all time lows; falling 1.31% or 0.1550 to 11.6500. Shares in Uniper SE (DE:UN01) rose to all time highs; up 1.78% or 0.480 to 27.380. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) rose to all time highs; up 3.21% or 2.850 to 91.750.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.47% to 14.47 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.48% or 6.30 to $1319.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $71.03 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $77.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1904, while EUR/GBP rose 0.82% to 0.8820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 92.68.