Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Food & Beverages and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.45%, while the MDAX index fell 0.36%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 1.21% or 2.40 points to trade at 201.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) added 0.98% or 1.82 points to end at 187.02 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) was up 0.76% or 0.78 points to 103.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which fell 3.31% or 2.500 points to trade at 73.120 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 2.77% or 4.00 points to end at 140.20 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 2.55% or 1.420 points to 54.360.
The top performers on the MDAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which rose 5.36% to 8.811, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was up 4.75% to settle at 54.050 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 4.22% to close at 32.320.
The worst performers were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 14.00% to 17.7500 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which lost 13.04% to settle at 92.73 and RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was down 7.47% to 52.000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Corestate Capital Holding SA (DE:CCAG) which rose 7.89% to 41.0000, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was up 6.87% to settle at 12.14 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 4.14% to close at 9.498.
The worst performers were Heidelberger Druckmaschinen O.N. (DE:HDDG) which was down 10.25% to 1.7950 in late trade, Wacker Neuson NA O.N. (DE:WACGn) which lost 8.13% to settle at 19.660 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 5.87% to 118.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 358 to 356 and 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) fell to 5-year lows; losing 14.00% or 2.8900 to 17.7500. Shares in RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) fell to all time lows; losing 7.47% or 4.200 to 52.000. Shares in Heidelberger Druckmaschinen O.N. (DE:HDDG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 10.25% or 0.2050 to 1.7950.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 10.10% to 17.27.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.50 to $1223.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.86% or 0.53 to hit $61.14 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.18% or 0.85 to trade at $71.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1409, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8703.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 96.16.