Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Insurance and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.10%, while the MDAX index gained 0.16%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which rose 2.10% or 4.20 points to trade at 204.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) added 0.46% or 0.85 points to end at 185.00 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was up 0.36% or 0.300 points to 84.370 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which fell 1.73% or 1.630 points to trade at 92.620 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 1.19% or 0.245 points to end at 20.400 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was down 1.08% or 0.245 points to 22.460.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 3.66% to 113.150, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 1.96% to settle at 52.660 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 1.62% to close at 51.32.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 2.18% to 34.110 in late trade, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which lost 2.10% to settle at 75.090 and Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 1.83% to 4.01 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 7.13% to 12.700, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 5.46% to settle at 88.590 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 2.90% to close at 9.899.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 1.77% to 39.400 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 1.68% to settle at 33.860 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.28% to 32.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 409 to 342 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.66% or 4.000 to 113.150.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.48% to 11.95 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.33 to $1329.33 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.68% or 0.83 to hit $50.13 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.56 to trade at $55.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1877, while EUR/GBP fell 1.42% to 0.8869.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 92.35.