Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Insurance and Retail sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Chemicals, Industrials and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.76%, while the MDAX index fell 0.27%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which rose 1.49% or 0.52 points to trade at 35.01 at the close. Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) added 1.36% or 2.45 points to end at 182.05 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 0.95% or 1.85 points to 196.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which lost 6.48% or 1.075 points to trade at 15.525 in late trade. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 3.75% or 3.480 points to end at 89.250 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) shed 2.95% or 3.30 points to 108.45.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 3.63% to 51.710, Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was up 1.88% to settle at 68.370 and LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which gained 1.56% to close at 82.790.
The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which was down 2.86% to 72.154 in late trade, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which lost 1.90% to settle at 35.180 and Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which was down 1.79% to 68.943 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 2.36% to 81.890, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 2.27% to settle at 88.660 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 2.05% to close at 64.800.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 5.22% to 37.030 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 3.80% to settle at 11.890 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 1.99% to 7.799 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 394 to 373 and 19 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.01% to 13.39.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.63% or 7.89 to $1257.29 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.64% or 0.31 to hit $49.06 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.49 to trade at $51.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8925.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 93.91.