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Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.32%

Published 06/08/2017, 12:15 PM
Updated 06/08/2017, 12:15 PM
© Reuters.  Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.32%

© Reuters. Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.32%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Insurance and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Telecoms and Media sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.32%, while the MDAX index lost 0.35%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 4.20% or 0.356 points to trade at 8.826 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 3.64% or 0.835 points to end at 23.790 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 2.28% or 0.445 points to 19.990 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which fell 1.60% or 0.600 points to trade at 36.950 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 1.49% or 2.55 points to end at 168.75 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) was down 1.21% or 0.210 points to 17.095.

The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which rose 2.12% to 70.403, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was up 1.46% to settle at 63.900 and Talanx AG NA O.N. (DE:TLXGn) which gained 1.37% to close at 33.185.

The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 3.78% to 47.395 in late trade, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which lost 1.55% to settle at 65.630 and Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was down 1.51% to 111.100 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 7.28% to 28.155, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was up 2.84% to settle at 12.135 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.74% to close at 13.120.

The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.22% to 11.880 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which lost 1.98% to settle at 24.745 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 1.63% to 46.670 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 405 to 335 and 27 ended unchanged.

Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.28% or 0.445 to 19.990. Shares in Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.12% or 1.459 to 70.403. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.22% or 0.395 to 11.880.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.23% to 12.99.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.09% or 14.15 to $1279.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.26% or 0.12 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $48.09 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1208, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8672.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 97.01.

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