Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer & Cyclical and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Media and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.11%, while the MDAX index gained 0.42%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.03% or 0.160 points to trade at 15.720 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 0.71% or 0.052 points to end at 7.352 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) was up 0.61% or 1.05 points to 173.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 0.77% or 0.065 points to trade at 8.370 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) declined 0.48% or 0.4200 points to end at 87.0600 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 0.48% or 0.110 points to 22.725.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which rose 4.37% to 69.560, Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which was up 2.18% to settle at 445.05 and Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which gained 2.00% to close at 4.65.
The worst performers were Gerresheimer AG (BS:GXId) which was down 4.85% to 71.140 in late trade, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which lost 2.05% to settle at 35.510 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 1.11% to 15.62 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which rose 8.22% to 11.677, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was up 2.97% to settle at 94.620 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 1.14% to close at 9.935.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 3.42% to 22.605 in late trade, Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which lost 2.63% to settle at 29.420 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 2.04% to 10.095 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 396 to 334 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.37% or 2.910 to 69.560. Shares in S&T AG (F:SANT1) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 8.22% or 0.887 to 11.677. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.14% or 0.112 to 9.935.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.34% to 17.11 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.41% or 5.15 to $1253.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.06% or 0.54 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.51 to trade at $54.87 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.0655, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8537.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 100.54.