Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.37% to hit a new 3-month high, while the MDAX index gained 0.40%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 2.68% or 0.375 points to trade at 14.370 at the close. Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) added 2.37% or 4.05 points to end at 174.70 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 1.66% or 1.350 points to 82.670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which lost 2.74% or 2.74 points to trade at 97.31 in late trade. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 1.67% or 2.35 points to end at 138.35 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) shed 1.00% or 0.115 points to 11.340.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 2.34% to 120.400, Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was up 2.29% to settle at 142.90 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 2.23% to close at 123.65.
The worst performers were Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which was down 1.13% to 35.595 in late trade, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which lost 0.72% to settle at 3.71 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 0.59% to 74.060 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 3.83% to 13.275, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 3.62% to settle at 43.560 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 3.10% to close at 11.300.
The worst performers were Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which was down 1.31% to 26.820 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which lost 1.20% to settle at 4.762 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 0.50% to 81.280 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 452 to 298 and 38 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.04% to 11.84.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.08 to $1287.72 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.53% or 0.80 to hit $51.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.67 to trade at $56.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1778, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.08.