Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical, Technology and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.71%, while the MDAX index gained 1.21%, and the TecDAX index added 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 4.49% or 12.55 points to trade at 292.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) added 3.74% or 2.170 points to end at 60.190 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 3.25% or 1.105 points to 35.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE (DE:EONGn), which fell 0.72% or 0.063 points to trade at 8.711 at the close. Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) declined 0.74% or 0.98 points to end at 132.20 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was down 0.59% or 0.540 points to 91.380.
The top performers on the MDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COP1n) which rose 5.19% to 82.100, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 4.67% to settle at 17.198 and Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which gained 4.46% to close at 85.93.
The worst performers were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was down 5.61% to 5.127 in late trade, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which lost 1.71% to settle at 34.460 and Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was down 1.03% to 46.345 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COP1n) which rose 5.19% to 82.100, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 4.92% to settle at 24.320 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 4.67% to close at 17.198.
The worst performers were New Work SE (DE:NWOn) which was down 0.65% to 228.50 in late trade, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) which lost 0.39% to settle at 14.812 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was up 0.01% to 45.095 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 404 to 256 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.67% or 0.768 to 17.198. Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.67% or 0.768 to 17.198.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.91% to 23.08.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.28% or 5.15 to $1837.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.29% or 0.17 to hit $58.51 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.06 to trade at $61.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.2130, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 90.398.