Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Transportation & Logistics and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.01%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.11%, and the TecDAX index added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which rose 1.96% or 0.60 points to trade at 31.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 1.69% or 0.530 points to end at 31.855 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.53% or 1.550 points to 103.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which fell 1.43% or 2.100 points to trade at 144.300 at the close. Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) declined 1.30% or 2.350 points to end at 178.400 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 0.79% or 0.145 points to 18.115.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 2.70% to 90.000, Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (DE:DWNG) which was up 2.60% to settle at 30.725 and LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which gained 2.44% to close at 75.270.
The worst performers were Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 4.47% to 74.620 in late trade, Talanx AG NA O.N. (DE:TLXGn) which lost 3.65% to settle at 31.155 and Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 3.44% to 4.74 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which rose 4.53% to 21.585, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 1.76% to settle at 26.085 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 1.61% to close at 4.241.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 4.00% to 33.50 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 2.26% to settle at 39.640 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 2.12% to 43.840 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 397 to 344 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) rose to all time highs; rising 1.69% or 0.530 to 31.855. Shares in Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.53% or 1.550 to 103.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.62% to 15.79.
Gold for February delivery was up 1.58% or 18.45 to $1183.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.34% or 0.18 to hit $53.08 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.16 to trade at $56.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.06% to 1.0599, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8536.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.03% at 101.43.