Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Software and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 1.39% to hit a new 1-month low, while the MDAX index fell 1.48%, and the TecDAX index declined 2.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 0.66% or 0.054 points to trade at 8.191 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 0.34% or 0.065 points to end at 19.375 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 0.11% or 0.010 points to 9.062 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which lost 4.23% or 0.940 points to trade at 21.270 in late trade. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 2.70% or 5.10 points to end at 184.00 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) shed 2.67% or 2.670 points to 97.280.
The top performers on the MDAX were Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which rose 3.72% to 487.50, Talanx AG NA O.N. (DE:TLXGn) which was up 0.58% to settle at 31.160 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 0.43% to close at 25.400.
The worst performers were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was down 21.67% to 32.90 in late trade, Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which lost 13.09% to settle at 59.100 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 5.67% to 11.14 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which rose 0.73% to 35.70, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was up 0.50% to settle at 43.920 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 0.24% to close at 61.650.
The worst performers were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 9.12% to 53.80 in late trade, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which lost 7.00% to settle at 48.360 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 6.42% to 135.225 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 567 to 155 and 61 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.69% to 19.64 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.37% or 4.60 to $1251.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.99% or 0.72 to hit $73.48 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $77.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1581, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8844.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.90.