Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Construction, Consumer & Cyclical and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.15%, while the MDAX index declined 0.27%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 4.57% or 1.105 points to trade at 25.300 at the close. Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 2.48% or 2.70 points to end at 111.70 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 1.81% or 2.40 points to 134.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which lost 1.59% or 2.80 points to trade at 173.20 in late trade. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) declined 1.21% or 1.050 points to end at 85.780 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) shed 0.99% or 0.150 points to 15.045.
The top performers on the MDAX were Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which rose 1.33% to 19.790, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 1.25% to settle at 34.555 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which gained 0.93% to close at 69.290.
The worst performers were Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 2.40% to 14.64 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 2.39% to settle at 32.810 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was down 1.55% to 34.050 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 4.07% to 14.195, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 2.90% to settle at 13.325 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 2.54% to close at 11.705.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.06% to 10.610 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 1.80% to settle at 96.470 and Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which was down 1.01% to 113.050 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 392 to 352 and 20 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.88% to 12.74.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.54% or 6.74 to $1252.54 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.39% or 0.59 to hit $43.12 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.70% or 0.76 to trade at $45.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1148, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8801.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.28.