Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages , Technology and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction , Retail and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.29%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.18%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR: P911_p ), which rose 1.45% or 0.62 points to trade at 43.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR: HNKG_p ) added 1.26% or 0.88 points to end at 70.54 and Qiagen NV (ETR: QIA ) was up 1.06% or 0.41 points to 39.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens AG Class N (ETR: SIEGn ), which fell 2.25% or 4.90 points to trade at 212.60 at the close. Zalando SE (ETR: ZALG ) declined 2.25% or 0.71 points to end at 30.84 and Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR: HEIG ) was down 2.10% or 3.75 points to 174.90.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR: LHAG ) which rose 2.30% to 7.02, Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR: AT1 ) which was up 2.30% to settle at 2.84 and Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) which gained 1.78% to close at 91.60.
The worst performers were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR: TKAG ) which was down 5.47% to 8.40 in late trade, Evonik Industries AG (ETR: EVKn ) which lost 4.85% to settle at 19.05 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR: EVTG ) which was down 4.39% to 6.71 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR: SMHNn ) which rose 2.12% to 39.52, Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) which was up 1.78% to settle at 91.60 and Siltronic AG (ETR: WAFGn ) which gained 1.71% to close at 36.86.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR: EVTG ) which was down 4.39% to 6.71 in late trade, Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR: EUZG ) which lost 1.96% to settle at 60.00 and TeamViewer AG (ETR: TMV ) which was down 1.15% to 10.31 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 318 to 278 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.78% or 1.60 to 91.60. Shares in Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) rose to all time highs; rising 1.78% or 1.60 to 91.60.
The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.15% to 20.48.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.87% or 29.01 to $3,351.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.95% or 0.59 to hit $61.25 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.15% or 0.74 to trade at $63.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.48% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 99.24.