Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Technology and Transportation & Logistics sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Utilities and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.01%, while the MDAX index gained 0.92%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 2.98% or 3.950 points to trade at 136.300 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 2.77% or 0.580 points to end at 21.520 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 2.46% or 0.440 points to 18.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which lost 3.40% or 0.292 points to trade at 8.300 in late trade. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 1.81% or 2.050 points to end at 111.200 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) shed 1.44% or 0.131 points to 8.979.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 6.12% to 87.44, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 5.59% to settle at 46.270 and Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which gained 4.25% to close at 82.000.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 1.99% to 45.340 in late trade, Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which lost 1.69% to settle at 36.740 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was down 1.45% to 23.110 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Tele Columbus AG (DE:TC1n) which rose 13.20% to 3.52, Shop Apotheke Europe NV (DE:SAEG) which was up 5.82% to settle at 40.000 and Grenke N AG (DE:GLJn) which gained 4.20% to close at 76.85.
The worst performers were Heidelberger Druckmaschinen O.N. (DE:HDDG) which was down 5.60% to 1.8370 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 3.11% to settle at 12.610 and Koenig & Bauer AG ST O.N. (DE:SKBG) which was down 2.69% to 42.000 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 434 to 269 and 79 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.39% to 19.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 1.70 to $1231.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.64% or 1.33 to hit $51.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.73% or 1.02 to trade at $60.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1378, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8903.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.770.