Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Media, Food & Beverages and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Industrials and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.31%, while the MDAX index lost 0.09%, and the TecDAX index added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 2.18% or 0.285 points to trade at 13.345 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 1.25% or 1.250 points to end at 101.500 and Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11) was up 0.76% or 0.63 points to 83.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 2.52% or 0.194 points to trade at 7.491 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 1.96% or 0.370 points to end at 18.515 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.54% or 2.250 points to 143.600.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which rose 6.56% to 64.180, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was up 3.12% to settle at 33.515 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which gained 1.06% to close at 56.240.
The worst performers were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 2.21% to 42.045 in late trade, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which lost 1.99% to settle at 38.835 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 1.77% to 81.000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 3.74% to 24.405, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 3.21% to settle at 57.800 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which gained 1.61% to close at 83.240.
The worst performers were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 1.56% to 19.935 in late trade, Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which lost 1.12% to settle at 26.950 and Software AG O.N. (DE:SOWG) which was down 0.85% to 34.355 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 421 to 312 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.12% or 1.015 to 33.515. Shares in STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) rose to all time highs; rising 1.06% or 0.590 to 56.240. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.21% or 1.800 to 57.800.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.66% to 14.90.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.65% or 8.05 to $1241.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.34% or 0.18 to hit $52.93 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.43 to trade at $55.32 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.0660, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8542.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 100.56.