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Germany shares mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.26%

Published 11/01/2019, 04:15 am
© Reuters.  Germany shares mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.26%
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Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Insurance and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Media and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.26%, while the MDAX index fell 0.30%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.67%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 2.01% or 0.870 points to trade at 44.220 at the close. Linde PLC (DE:LINI) added 1.65% or 2.250 points to end at 139.000 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 1.43% or 0.285 points to 20.260 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which lost 2.74% or 0.550 points to trade at 19.490 in late trade. Covestro AG (DE:1COV) declined 2.63% or 1.230 points to end at 45.550 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) shed 2.38% or 3.15 points to 129.15.

The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which rose 3.87% to 46.380, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 2.37% to settle at 82.000 and Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which gained 2.22% to close at 65.520.

The worst performers were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 6.90% to 40.200 in late trade, Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which lost 6.01% to settle at 35.50 and United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was down 5.49% to 37.200 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which rose 7.91% to 12.680, Hypoport AG (DE:HYQGn) which was up 6.52% to settle at 179.800 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which gained 4.49% to close at 10.24.

The worst performers were Befesa SA (DE:BFSA) which was down 7.22% to 36.65 in late trade, Stabilus (DE:STAB) which lost 4.06% to settle at 60.25 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 3.24% to 31.400 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 371 to 325 and 80 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.37% to 20.66.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.22% or 2.80 to $1289.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.21% or 0.11 to hit $52.25 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.06 to trade at $61.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1513, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.9022.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 95.018.

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