Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Consumer & Cyclical and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.15% to hit a new 3-month low, while the MDAX index lost 1.05%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 0.82% or 0.210 points to trade at 25.770 at the close. Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) added 0.71% or 0.240 points to end at 33.990 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was down 0.02% or 0.020 points to 80.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which lost 4.11% or 4.90 points to trade at 114.45 in late trade. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 3.09% or 0.460 points to end at 14.420 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) shed 2.29% or 4.15 points to 177.35.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which rose 4.71% to 56.860, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 3.90% to settle at 52.480 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 1.68% to close at 45.27.
The worst performers were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 6.04% to 69.750 in late trade, Hannover Rueck SE (DE:HNRGn) which lost 4.86% to settle at 103.75 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which was down 3.42% to 119.95 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 8.64% to 14.145, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 0.77% to settle at 81.410 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which gained 0.58% to close at 6.630.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 13.83% to 31.71 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 9.98% to settle at 8.868 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was down 4.49% to 23.400 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 608 to 160 and 19 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 20.35% to 18.00 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.83% or 10.56 to $1289.86 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.67% or 0.33 to hit $49.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.15 to trade at $52.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1751, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.9058.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.41.