Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Media, Basic Resources and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.25%, while the MDAX index lost 0.64%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 1.48% or 0.190 points to trade at 13.050 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 1.40% or 0.84 points to end at 61.04 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 0.69% or 0.066 points to 9.669 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which lost 3.73% or 5.000 points to trade at 129.000 in late trade. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.56% or 2.36 points to end at 149.02 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) shed 1.49% or 0.113 points to 7.479.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which rose 10.11% to 39.31, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 2.71% to settle at 34.050 and Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which gained 2.37% to close at 23.36.
The worst performers were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 7.97% to 41.820 in late trade, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which lost 5.54% to settle at 13.4650 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 3.63% to 20.150 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 2.71% to 34.0500, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 1.64% to settle at 2.847 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 1.23% to close at 32.900.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 3.73% to 129.000 in late trade, Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which lost 2.86% to settle at 36.06 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 2.61% to 44.860 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 426 to 280 and 73 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.71% to 14.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.03% or 0.35 to $1279.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $65.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.33 to trade at $74.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1136, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8633.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.868.