Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.53%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.66%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 6.46% or 1.170 points to trade at 19.280 at the close. Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) added 3.84% or 6.150 points to end at 166.150 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 3.34% or 0.690 points to 21.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which lost 3.20% or 2.76 points to trade at 83.48 in late trade. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 2.41% or 5.00 points to end at 202.30 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) shed 1.89% or 0.151 points to 7.822.
The top performers on the MDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 7.68% to 85.560, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was up 4.23% to settle at 90.120 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which gained 3.41% to close at 15.9350.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 5.43% to 36.560 in late trade, Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which lost 2.45% to settle at 477.50 and United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was down 2.38% to 35.200 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 14.42% to 20.000, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which was up 6.46% to settle at 19.280 and Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which gained 5.89% to close at 29.65.
The worst performers were Zooplus AG (DE:ZO1G) which was down 4.25% to 114.90 in late trade, Kloeckner & Co SE NA (DE:KCOGn) which lost 1.90% to settle at 6.2050 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) which was down 1.83% to 14.190 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 433 to 264 and 80 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.24% to 17.40.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.33% or 4.25 to $1279.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.65 to hit $53.27 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.20 to trade at $61.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1314, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 96.227.