Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer & Cyclical and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Food & Beverages and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.07%, while the MDAX index gained 0.14%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which rose 3.40% or 1.060 points to trade at 32.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) added 2.40% or 2.55 points to end at 108.90 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 2.01% or 0.165 points to 8.368 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn), which fell 2.37% or 0.315 points to trade at 12.970 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) declined 1.34% or 1.120 points to end at 82.680 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 0.99% or 0.134 points to 13.448.
The top performers on the MDAX were Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which rose 3.30% to 31.290, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was up 1.90% to settle at 25.210 and Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which gained 1.06% to close at 66.660.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 6.67% to 61.600 in late trade, Gerresheimer AG (BS:GXId) which lost 6.36% to settle at 62.250 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 1.41% to 40.420 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which rose 4.18% to 274.00, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 1.17% to settle at 50.300 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 0.52% to close at 13.655.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 3.85% to 46.500 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which lost 3.43% to settle at 6.050 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 3.09% to 24.460 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 429 to 295 and 84 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.34% to 19.27.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1331.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.59% or 0.98 to hit $62.66 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.80 to trade at $66.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.2329, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8842.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 89.73.