Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Transportation & Logistics and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.41%, while the MDAX index declined 0.90%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 0.44% or 0.058 points to trade at 13.316 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 0.33% or 0.58 points to end at 177.60 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) was up 0.16% or 0.050 points to 30.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which lost 4.80% or 3.380 points to trade at 67.100 in late trade. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 2.97% or 2.760 points to end at 90.240 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) shed 2.62% or 1.04 points to 38.67.
The top performers on the MDAX were Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which rose 1.56% to 15.580, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was up 1.54% to settle at 40.900 and Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which gained 0.78% to close at 71.300.
The worst performers were Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 11.80% to 14.12 in late trade, Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which lost 3.68% to settle at 35.060 and LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was down 3.33% to 87.800 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 4.97% to 15.415, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 3.90% to settle at 100.000 and Software AG (DE:SOWG) which gained 2.89% to close at 44.890.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 11.24% to 39.50 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 7.42% to settle at 123.600 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 6.45% to 9.940 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 478 to 263 and 71 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 10.12% to 17.62 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.21% or 2.80 to $1345.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.19% or 0.77 to hit $65.50 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.44 to trade at $69.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.64% to 1.2492, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 88.59.