Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Utilities and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.19%, while the MDAX index fell 0.13%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG), which rose 4.07% or 2.090 points to trade at 53.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) added 2.75% or 1.990 points to end at 74.310 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn) was up 1.32% or 0.385 points to 29.555 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn), which fell 2.31% or 0.250 points to trade at 10.580 at the close. E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) declined 1.69% or 0.240 points to end at 13.960 and Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) was down 1.20% or 2.550 points to 210.650.
The top performers on the MDAX were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which rose 3.97% to 13.490, Rheinmetall AG (XETRA:RHMG) which was up 1.66% to settle at 46.015 and Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (XETRA:SY1G) which gained 1.64% to close at 54.460.
The worst performers were Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which was down 2.76% to 47.063 in late trade, Aurubis AG (XETRA:NAFG) which lost 2.69% to settle at 56.730 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (XETRA:MTXGn) which was down 2.58% to 88.070 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (XETRA:NDXG) which rose 6.07% to 19.395, Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was up 5.40% to settle at 116.150 and Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which gained 2.96% to close at 5.046.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which was down 3.35% to 4.843 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which lost 2.16% to settle at 5.927 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which was down 1.99% to 147.700 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 454 to 282 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.16% or 0.131 to 5.927.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 20.66.
Gold for June delivery was down 2.54% or 30.70 to $1179.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.14% or 0.67 to hit $59.25 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.71 to trade at $66.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1170, while EUR/GBP rose 1.00% to 0.7280.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 95.26.