Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Resources and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Financial Services, Chemicals and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.07%, while the MDAX index declined 0.37%, and the TecDAX index added 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn), which rose 2.34% or 0.245 points to trade at 10.735 at the close. Meanwhile, Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG) added 1.60% or 0.860 points to end at 54.460 and K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) was up 1.34% or 0.490 points to 37.190 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Linde AG O.N. (XETRA:LING), which fell 1.38% or 2.450 points to trade at 175.400 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) declined 0.91% or 0.220 points to end at 24.000 and Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) was down 0.88% or 1.900 points to 214.550.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (XETRA:NAFG) which rose 3.86% to 54.300, Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which was up 2.90% to settle at 39.500 and Kion Group AG (XETRA:KGX) which gained 2.18% to close at 41.90.
The worst performers were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (XETRA:MTXGn) which was down 5.33% to 83.120 in late trade, Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (XETRA:DWNG) which lost 2.76% to settle at 22.405 and LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) which was down 2.21% to 66.500 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Software AG O.N. (XETRA:SOWG) which rose 8.57% to 27.505, Cancom SE O.N. (XETRA:COKG) which was up 4.79% to settle at 37.050 and Dialog Semiconductor (XETRA:DLGS) which gained 4.06% to close at 51.750.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 2.32% to 5.183 in late trade, QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which lost 1.13% to settle at 1.921 and Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which was down 1.10% to 51.960 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 391 to 357 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Software AG O.N. (XETRA:SOWG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.57% or 2.170 to 27.505.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.02% to 17.48.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.15% or 1.60 to $1093.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.61% or 0.30 to hit $48.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.14 to trade at $55.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.56% to 1.0990, while EUR/GBP rose 1.14% to 0.7079.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 97.28.