Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retail, Food & Beverages and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Construction and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.90%, while the MDAX index lost 0.23%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER), which rose 4.79% or 1.35 points to trade at 29.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) added 4.18% or 1.44 points to end at 35.92 and Merck KGaA (ETR:MRCG) was up 2.29% or 3.75 points to 167.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (ETR:DPWGn), which fell 3.15% or 1.22 points to trade at 37.48 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) declined 3.08% or 5.05 points to end at 159.15 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:FREG) was down 3.02% or 0.99 points to 31.79.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hypoport AG (ETR:HYQGn) which rose 3.66% to 255.20, TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which was up 3.57% to settle at 12.17 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which gained 3.29% to close at 24.78.
The worst performers were United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which was down 4.57% to 29.04 in late trade, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which lost 2.69% to settle at 49.47 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (ETR:PSMGn) which was down 2.60% to 9.74 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:VBKG) which rose 4.95% to 50.65, TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which was up 3.57% to settle at 12.17 and Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which gained 3.50% to close at 19.09.
The worst performers were Suse SA (ETR:SUSEG) which was down 5.17% to 27.90 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which lost 4.57% to settle at 29.04 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) which was down 2.12% to 54.52 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 483 to 217 and 65 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.62% to 28.03.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.31% or 23.86 to $1,839.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.18% or 1.26 to hit $108.30 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 1.52 to trade at $110.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.20% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.00% at 102.83.