Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer & Cyclical and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.40%, while the MDAX index gained 0.09%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn), which rose 5.25% or 1.590 points to trade at 31.850 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens AG NA (XETRA:SIEGn) added 3.84% or 3.550 points to end at 96.030 and Adidas AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ADSGN) was up 2.65% or 1.910 points to 73.940 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG), which fell 3.99% or 3.120 points to trade at 75.130 at the close. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) declined 2.84% or 0.360 points to end at 12.300 and K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) was down 2.41% or 0.870 points to 35.255.
The top performers on the MDAX were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (XETRA:NOEJ) which rose 3.39% to 44.020, Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which was up 2.77% to settle at 50.744 and Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which gained 2.21% to close at 75.830.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which was down 2.08% to 32.170 in late trade, Duerr AG O.N. (XETRA:DUEG) which lost 1.78% to settle at 74.950 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (XETRA:PSMGn) which was down 1.71% to 46.020 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which rose 1.69% to 5.069, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (XETRA:PV) which was up 1.14% to settle at 81.900 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which gained 1.03% to close at 191.700.
The worst performers were LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) which was down 4.23% to 8.000 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (XETRA:NDXG) which lost 3.73% to settle at 25.290 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which was down 3.40% to 28.110 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 398 to 344 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.03% or 1.950 to 191.700.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 19.30.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.10 to $1090.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.33% or 0.16 to hit $48.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.23 to trade at $53.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.0911, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.7005.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 97.78.