Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.40%, while the MDAX index added 1.34%, and the TecDAX index added 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG), which rose 1.96% or 1.630 points to trade at 84.920 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) added 1.82% or 3.10 points to end at 173.05 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 1.50% or 2.00 points to 135.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn), which fell 2.51% or 0.445 points to trade at 17.280 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.44% or 0.340 points to end at 23.270 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was down 0.70% or 0.650 points to 91.830.
The top performers on the MDAX were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which rose 2.94% to 48.805, Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which was up 2.93% to settle at 75.301 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 2.86% to close at 99.870.
The worst performers were Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was down 4.51% to 35.550 in late trade, STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which lost 0.62% to settle at 64.000 and Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was unchanged 0.00% to 163.75 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 8.42% to 27.300, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 5.54% to settle at 13.480 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 4.48% to close at 249.45.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 0.66% to 55.880 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 0.22% to settle at 42.400 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was up 0.05% to 31.800 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 493 to 261 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.86% or 2.780 to 99.870. Shares in S&T AG (F:SANT1) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.54% or 0.708 to 13.480. Shares in Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.48% or 10.70 to 249.45.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.33% to 12.45.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.65% or 8.24 to $1263.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.61% or 0.78 to hit $49.10 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.63 to trade at $51.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8698.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.10.