Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Resources and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.31%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.11%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 1.60% or 1.030 points to trade at 65.590 at the close. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) added 1.05% or 0.910 points to end at 87.840 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 0.98% or 0.225 points to 23.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which lost 1.56% or 0.265 points to trade at 16.715 in late trade. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 0.82% or 0.34 points to end at 40.70 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) shed 0.79% or 0.073 points to 9.164.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which rose 3.09% to 72.71, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 1.51% to settle at 76.160 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 1.30% to close at 53.04.
The worst performers were Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was down 2.01% to 25.380 in late trade, Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which lost 1.58% to settle at 31.805 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which was down 0.92% to 36.500 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 3.80% to 12.420, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 3.46% to settle at 8.611 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 2.58% to close at 12.700.
The worst performers were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 3.87% to 23.750 in late trade, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which lost 2.56% to settle at 42.80 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 1.54% to 73.750 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 428 to 331 and 56 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.63% to 12.62.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1270.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.43% or 0.25 to hit $58.34 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.22 to trade at $64.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1870, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.88.