Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Construction and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.25%, while the MDAX index added 0.34%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which rose 3.11% or 0.650 points to trade at 21.530 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 2.90% or 0.210 points to end at 7.452 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was up 2.67% or 1.400 points to 53.740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which lost 1.62% or 0.390 points to trade at 23.730 in late trade. Linde PLC (DE:LINI) declined 1.38% or 2.250 points to end at 160.350 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) shed 1.11% or 0.68 points to 60.79.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which rose 7.09% to 57.40, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was up 3.06% to settle at 7.448 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 2.95% to close at 80.98.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 4.36% to 79.480 in late trade, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which lost 4.23% to settle at 47.120 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 1.73% to 88.0000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 2.24% to 31.0200, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 2.06% to settle at 321.50 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 1.85% to close at 33.060.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 4.36% to 79.480 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 2.90% to settle at 19.440 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.73% to 14.270 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 405 to 283 and 88 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 9.22% to 13.29 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.42% or 18.65 to $1295.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.41% or 0.91 to hit $63.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.78 to trade at $70.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1258, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8621.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.805.