Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Software sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.90%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.83%, and the TecDAX index added 2.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which rose 3.28% or 5.70 points to trade at 179.25 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 2.73% or 0.620 points to end at 23.320 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was up 2.48% or 0.910 points to 37.650 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which lost 4.24% or 3.44 points to trade at 77.66 in late trade. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 1.66% or 0.460 points to end at 27.290 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) shed 0.58% or 0.076 points to 13.100.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which rose 7.34% to 146.30, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which was up 3.13% to settle at 138.50 and LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which gained 2.37% to close at 88.980.
The worst performers were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 6.88% to 67.700 in late trade, Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which lost 6.28% to settle at 67.900 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 5.67% to 10.230 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 13.60% to 16.075, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 8.74% to settle at 139.900 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 4.21% to close at 100.000.
The worst performers were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.62% to 33.45 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 1.60% to settle at 33.160 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 0.57% to 78.700 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 499 to 212 and 78 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 8.05% to 18.06.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.47% or 6.20 to $1321.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.26% or 0.77 to hit $60.38 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.61 to trade at $63.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.75% to 1.2318, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8913.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 90.08.