Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Financial Services and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Telecoms and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.23%, while the MDAX index gained 0.12%, and the TecDAX index added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which rose 4.26% or 4.60 points to trade at 112.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) added 3.91% or 3.410 points to end at 90.690 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was up 1.26% or 0.940 points to 75.270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn), which fell 6.10% or 11.55 points to trade at 177.85 at the close. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) declined 5.95% or 1.000 points to end at 15.810 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 4.09% or 0.925 points to 21.675.
The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which rose 2.94% to 21.900, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was up 2.06% to settle at 20.565 and Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which gained 1.19% to close at 74.924.
The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 5.56% to 72.360 in late trade, Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which lost 3.93% to settle at 105.050 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 3.05% to 97.05 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which rose 3.41% to 45.470, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 1.88% to settle at 82.380 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 1.81% to close at 214.00.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 5.62% to 10.325 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 3.27% to settle at 13.620 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 2.59% to 11.290 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 400 to 335 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.26% or 4.60 to 112.65. Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.91% or 3.410 to 90.690. Shares in Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.19% or 0.884 to 74.924. Shares in CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.41% or 1.500 to 45.470. Shares in Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) rose to all time highs; rising 1.81% or 3.80 to 214.00.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.04% to 13.91.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.22% or 2.74 to $1266.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.36% or 1.17 to hit $48.45 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.33% or 1.22 to trade at $51.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.0876, while EUR/GBP fell 0.60% to 0.8438.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 99.03.