Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Insurance and Media sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.10%, while the MDAX index gained 0.16%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which rose 2.10% or 4.20 points to trade at 204.20 at the close. Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) added 0.46% or 0.85 points to end at 185.00 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was up 0.36% or 0.300 points to 84.370 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which lost 1.73% or 1.630 points to trade at 92.620 in late trade. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 1.19% or 0.245 points to end at 20.400 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) shed 1.08% or 0.245 points to 22.460.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 3.66% to 113.150, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 1.96% to settle at 52.660 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 1.62% to close at 51.32.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 2.18% to 34.110 in late trade, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which lost 2.10% to settle at 75.090 and Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 1.83% to 4.01 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 7.13% to 12.700, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 5.46% to settle at 88.590 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 2.90% to close at 9.899.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 1.77% to 39.400 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 1.68% to settle at 33.860 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.28% to 32.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 409 to 342 and 39 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.48% to 11.95 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.40 to $1329.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.70% or 0.84 to hit $50.14 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.55 to trade at $55.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1877, while EUR/GBP fell 1.41% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.34.