Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software, Chemicals and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Media, Consumer & Cyclical and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.21%, while the MDAX index lost 0.07%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were SAP SE (DE:SAPG), which rose 1.08% or 1.340 points to trade at 124.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde PLC (DE:LINI) added 0.94% or 2.850 points to end at 306.000 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 0.88% or 0.310 points to 35.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG), which fell 2.34% or 1.62 points to trade at 67.54 at the close. Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n) declined 1.31% or 0.30 points to end at 22.52 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was down 0.94% or 0.640 points to 67.590.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which rose 1.69% to 53.530, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 1.62% to settle at 112.800 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 1.07% to close at 42.500.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 1.70% to 69.300 in late trade, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which lost 1.62% to settle at 40.120 and Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was down 1.17% to 59.180 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 1.71% to 33.350, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 1.62% to settle at 112.800 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) which gained 1.08% to close at 124.900.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.31% to 13.960 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 1.37% to settle at 37.380 and Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which was down 1.16% to 94.100 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 374 to 317 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Linde PLC (DE:LINI) rose to all time highs; rising 0.94% or 2.850 to 306.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 26.98% to 17.70.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.52% or 9.35 to $1815.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.43% or 0.33 to hit $76.89 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.24 to trade at $79.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1313, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8384.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.095.