Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 4.67%, while the MDAX index added 3.62%, and the TecDAX index added 3.92%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were SAP SE (ETR:SAPG), which rose 7.28% or 15.60 points to trade at 230.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) added 7.15% or 1.28 points to end at 19.23 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) was up 5.89% or 1.43 points to 25.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA), which fell 0.90% or 0.32 points to trade at 35.22 at the close. Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) added 0.22% or 0.40 points to end at 179.15 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) was up 0.32% or 0.10 points to 31.70.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) which rose 8.04% to 32.24, DWS Group GmbH & Co KgaA (ETR:DWSG) which was up 7.84% to settle at 40.98 and Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC) which gained 7.60% to close at 117.50.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (ETR:SAXG) which was up 0.21% to 48.10 in late trade, Evonik Industries AG (ETR:EVKn) which gained 0.45% to settle at 17.89 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (ETR:HLE) which was up 0.59% to 84.70 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG) which rose 7.83% to 53.70, SAP SE (ETR:SAPG) which was up 7.28% to settle at 230.00 and Formycon AG (ETR:FYB) which gained 7.11% to close at 21.85.
The worst performers were Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) which was down 0.90% to 35.22 in late trade, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:COP1n) which lost 0.18% to settle at 21.96 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which was up 0.22% to 179.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 549 to 89 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.90% or 0.32 to 35.22. Shares in Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.90% or 0.32 to 35.22.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.04% to 21.14.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 3.01% or 92.70 to $3,172.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 4.51% or 2.81 to hit $59.54 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 3.99% or 2.61 to trade at $62.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 2.13% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP rose 1.19% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.73% at 100.85.