Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.38%, while the MDAX index lost 0.04%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which rose 1.28% or 1.010 points to trade at 79.990 at the close. Meanwhile, Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 0.59% or 0.540 points to end at 91.710 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 0.57% or 0.20 points to 34.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which fell 3.06% or 0.480 points to trade at 15.200 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 1.54% or 1.330 points to end at 84.820 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 1.22% or 0.090 points to 7.282.
The top performers on the MDAX were Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which rose 1.72% to 37.250, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was up 1.54% to settle at 75.390 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 1.35% to close at 40.50.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 1.51% to 31.260 in late trade, Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which lost 1.43% to settle at 29.025 and Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was down 1.06% to 51.210 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 3.99% to 41.855, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 1.47% to settle at 23.755 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which gained 1.14% to close at 96.760.
The worst performers were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 1.41% to 12.349 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 1.36% to settle at 11.970 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 1.17% to 55.910 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 425 to 311 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) rose to all time highs; rising 0.59% or 0.540 to 91.710. Shares in Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) rose to all time highs; up 1.35% or 0.54 to 40.50.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.26% to 20.63 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.72% or 9.15 to $1287.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $52.96 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.24 to trade at $55.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.0630, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8490.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 100.35.