Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Media, Utilities and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.48%, while the MDAX index gained 0.43%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Airbus Group SE (ETR:AIRG), which rose 3.72% or 5.74 points to trade at 160.20 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG) added 2.53% or 0.73 points to end at 29.56 and Hannover Rueck SE (ETR:HNRGn) was up 2.40% or 5.80 points to 247.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR:VOWG_p), which lost 1.89% or 1.68 points to trade at 87.36 in late trade. Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR:HNKG_p) declined 1.77% or 1.50 points to end at 83.20 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) shed 1.72% or 10.60 points to 604.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which rose 8.04% to 12.71, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was up 4.26% to settle at 11.75 and CTS Eventim AG (ETR:EVDG) which gained 4.04% to close at 84.95.
The worst performers were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (ETR:JUNG_p) which was down 2.26% to 25.08 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which lost 2.17% to settle at 15.33 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR:AT1) which was down 2.16% to 2.86 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which rose 4.26% to 11.75, Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) which was up 2.72% to settle at 19.99 and SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn) which gained 2.57% to close at 49.90.
The worst performers were 11 AG (ETR:1U1) which was down 5.71% to 11.88 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which lost 2.17% to settle at 15.33 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 2.07% to 14.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 448 to 197 and 18 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.53% to 15.64.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.18% or 31.21 to $2,672.21 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.55% or 1.83 to hit $73.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.26% or 1.69 to trade at $76.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.88% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.77% at 109.13.