Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Insurance and Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the Chemicals, Industrials and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.76%, while the MDAX index fell 0.27%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which rose 1.49% or 0.52 points to trade at 35.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) added 1.36% or 2.45 points to end at 182.05 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 0.95% or 1.85 points to 196.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 6.48% or 1.075 points to trade at 15.525 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 3.75% or 3.480 points to end at 89.250 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was down 2.95% or 3.30 points to 108.45.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 3.63% to 51.710, Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was up 1.88% to settle at 68.370 and LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which gained 1.56% to close at 82.790.
The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which was down 2.86% to 72.154 in late trade, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which lost 1.90% to settle at 35.180 and Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which was down 1.79% to 68.943 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 2.36% to 81.890, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 2.27% to settle at 88.660 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 2.05% to close at 64.800.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 5.22% to 37.030 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 3.80% to settle at 11.890 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 1.99% to 7.799 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 394 to 373 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to all time highs; rising 2.27% or 1.970 to 88.660.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.01% to 13.39.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.62% or 7.72 to $1257.12 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.70% or 0.34 to hit $49.09 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.51 to trade at $51.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8924.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 93.91.