Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Financial Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Software and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.08%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.49%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which rose 1.95% or 3.90 points to trade at 204.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) added 1.80% or 2.54 points to end at 143.50 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 1.48% or 0.535 points to 36.735 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which fell 2.25% or 1.05 points to trade at 45.56 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 1.44% or 0.620 points to end at 42.425 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was down 1.35% or 1.09 points to 79.51.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 3.07% to 157.80, Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE:AT1) which was up 2.69% to settle at 6.250 and Encavis AG (DE:ECVG) which gained 2.59% to close at 15.430.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 2.49% to 2.430 in late trade, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which lost 2.10% to settle at 5.490 and Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was down 1.67% to 53.700 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which rose 4.53% to 133.800, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 2.14% to settle at 85.940 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which gained 2.07% to close at 30.580.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 2.49% to 2.430 in late trade, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) which lost 1.03% to settle at 17.745 and United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was down 1.03% to 36.540 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 389 to 297 and 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.35% or 1.09 to 79.51. Shares in Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.07% or 4.70 to 157.80. Shares in Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) rose to all time highs; rising 4.53% or 5.800 to 133.800. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.14% or 1.800 to 85.940.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.44% to 20.16.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 1.10 to $1794.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $69.19 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $72.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1826, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8539.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 92.498.