Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Construction and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Consumer & Cyclical and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.05%, while the MDAX index added 0.26%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 3.95% or 0.865 points to trade at 22.785 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 1.17% or 0.330 points to end at 28.565 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was up 0.58% or 0.520 points to 90.720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which lost 1.06% or 0.660 points to trade at 61.440 in late trade. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 0.93% or 0.185 points to end at 19.650 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) shed 0.86% or 0.78 points to 89.80.
The top performers on the MDAX were Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which rose 2.93% to 105.250, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was up 2.43% to settle at 40.045 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 1.89% to close at 65.84.
The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 1.22% to 61.740 in late trade, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which lost 1.07% to settle at 44.000 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 0.94% to 61.320 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which rose 2.46% to 62.490, Software AG (DE:SOWG) which was up 2.40% to settle at 46.265 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 1.90% to close at 139.250.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.58% to 7.652 in late trade, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which lost 3.51% to settle at 44.41 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 2.24% to 17.640 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 422 to 325 and 43 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.12% to 13.21.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.77 to $1291.43 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.48% or 0.28 to hit $58.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $63.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1850, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.06.