Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction, Software and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.45%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.12%, and the TecDAX index added 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which rose 2.11% or 1.430 points to trade at 69.140 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 1.85% or 0.840 points to end at 46.200 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was up 1.71% or 0.710 points to 42.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which lost 1.28% or 0.295 points to trade at 22.775 in late trade. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 0.99% or 1.25 points to end at 125.41 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) shed 0.84% or 0.128 points to 15.197.
The top performers on the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 2.18% to 22.950, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was up 2.15% to settle at 10.93 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which gained 1.97% to close at 37.220.
The worst performers were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 7.95% to 37.850 in late trade, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which lost 4.76% to settle at 14.8000 and Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 4.56% to 25.520 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 3.19% to 13.250, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 2.94% to settle at 23.780 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which gained 2.69% to close at 10.70.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 1.64% to 61.120 in late trade, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which lost 0.84% to settle at 15.197 and S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was down 0.66% to 21.08 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 384 to 309 and 83 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.17% to 14.99 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.51% or 6.85 to $1343.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.01% or 1.03 to hit $52.17 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.87% or 1.12 to trade at $61.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1276, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8893.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.032.