Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.39%, while the MDAX index added 0.60%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p), which rose 3.07% or 2.06 points to trade at 69.16 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (ETR:BEIG) added 2.79% or 3.55 points to end at 130.60 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) was up 2.30% or 11.30 points to 503.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G), which lost 2.99% or 3.45 points to trade at 112.10 in late trade. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) declined 2.40% or 0.39 points to end at 15.79 and Merck KGaA (ETR:MRCG) shed 2.02% or 3.20 points to 155.50.
The top performers on the MDAX were Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC) which rose 4.86% to 149.00, HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which was up 4.58% to settle at 8.91 and SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co KgaA (ETR:1SXP) which gained 4.10% to close at 31.96.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (ETR:GBFG) which was down 10.99% to 44.15 in late trade, Hypoport AG (ETR:HYQGn) which lost 4.78% to settle at 259.00 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was down 2.08% to 61.25 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which rose 3.28% to 15.42, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was up 3.16% to settle at 31.96 and Siltronic AG (ETR:WAFGn) which gained 1.96% to close at 59.95.
The worst performers were Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which was down 2.60% to 127.40 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which lost 2.08% to settle at 61.25 and Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which was down 2.00% to 93.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 312 to 290 and 32 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.62% to 17.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 12.60 to $2,742.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.06% or 0.75 to hit $70.02 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.72 to trade at $74.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 104.07.