Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Media, Consumer & Cyclical and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Technology and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.09%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.22%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 2.62% or 0.370 points to trade at 14.490 at the close. Meanwhile, Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) added 1.83% or 3.20 points to end at 178.05 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was up 1.57% or 0.121 points to 7.837 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which fell 2.72% or 2.80 points to trade at 100.30 at the close. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) declined 2.56% or 2.220 points to end at 84.430 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.29% or 1.85 points to 141.20.
The top performers on the MDAX were Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which rose 3.07% to 51.300, RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was up 2.61% to settle at 75.110 and Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which gained 2.38% to close at 72.590.
The worst performers were Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which was down 1.94% to 29.285 in late trade, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which lost 1.62% to settle at 33.955 and Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was down 1.45% to 73.330 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 4.15% to 27.490, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 1.88% to settle at 4.183 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which gained 1.12% to close at 10.395.
The worst performers were STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was down 4.48% to 46.520 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 4.01% to settle at 86.100 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 3.03% to 47.915 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 385 to 363 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) rose to all time highs; rising 1.83% or 3.20 to 178.05. Shares in Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.07% or 1.530 to 51.300.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.32% to 14.25.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.50% or 6.05 to $1203.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.45% or 1.23 to hit $49.05 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.32% or 1.23 to trade at $51.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.0583, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8702.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 101.92.