Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Media and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.24%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.69%, and the TecDAX index added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.77% or 0.205 points to trade at 11.790 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 1.44% or 1.390 points to end at 98.170 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) was up 1.32% or 0.575 points to 44.030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG), which fell 6.58% or 9.850 points to trade at 139.950 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 2.11% or 0.315 points to end at 14.630 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was down 2.02% or 0.144 points to 7.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which rose 2.23% to 49.470, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was up 1.97% to settle at 39.385 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which gained 1.69% to close at 82.900.
The worst performers were Leoni AG NA O.N. (DE:LEOGn) which was down 3.11% to 30.510 in late trade, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which lost 2.73% to settle at 8.70 and Duerr AG O.N. (DE:DUEG) which was down 1.53% to 66.130 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which rose 5.29% to 4.317, Jenoptik AG O.N. (DE:JENG) which was up 2.33% to settle at 13.855 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which gained 2.01% to close at 58.770.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 1.40% to 42.815 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which lost 1.34% to settle at 8.719 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 1.34% to 3.461 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 461 to 300 and 30 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.71% to 22.99.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.26% or 3.35 to $1277.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.67% or 1.17 to hit $44.95 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.11% or 0.94 to trade at $45.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1408, while EUR/GBP fell 0.66% to 0.7872.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 93.72.