Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology , Consumer & Cyclical and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.49%, while the MDAX index gained 0.92%, and the TecDAX index added 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR: IFXGn ), which rose 7.08% or 1.96 points to trade at 29.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Adidas AG (ETR: ADSGN ) added 2.52% or 5.30 points to end at 215.60 and Siemens AG Class N (ETR: SIEGn ) was up 2.11% or 4.15 points to 200.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR: CBKG ), which fell 2.75% or 0.66 points to trade at 23.35 at the close. Brenntag AG (ETR: BNRGn ) declined 1.62% or 0.92 points to end at 55.74 and Munich Reinsurance (ETR: MUVGn ) was down 1.24% or 7.60 points to 603.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR: AIXGn ) which rose 4.38% to 11.08, Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR: RDC ) which was up 4.22% to settle at 128.40 and RENK Group AG (ETR: R3NK ) which gained 3.19% to close at 48.99.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR: NDXG ) which was down 1.38% to 15.76 in late trade, Stroeer SE (ETR: SAXG ) which lost 1.33% to settle at 51.80 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR: LHAG ) which was down 1.18% to 6.36 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR: IFXGn ) which rose 7.08% to 29.58, Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR: ELGG ) which was up 5.40% to settle at 58.60 and Aixtron SE (ETR: AIXGn ) which gained 4.38% to close at 11.08.
The worst performers were Nagarro SE (ETR: NA9n ) which was down 1.41% to 66.65 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR: NDXG ) which lost 1.38% to settle at 15.76 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR: DTEGn ) which was down 0.40% to 32.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 397 to 221 and 24 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.93% to 24.88.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.49% or 49.24 to $3,343.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $62.24 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $66.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 99.27.