Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Telecoms and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Construction, Industrials and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.40%, while the MDAX index gained 0.30%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG), which rose 2.88% or 0.43 points to trade at 15.36 at the close. Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe) added 2.56% or 0.95 points to end at 38.13 and Continental AG O.N. (ETR:CONG) was up 1.93% or 1.12 points to 59.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens AG Class N (ETR:SIEGn), which lost 4.42% or 7.88 points to trade at 170.52 in late trade. Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) declined 2.32% or 0.59 points to end at 24.85 and SAP SE (ETR:SAPG) shed 1.46% or 2.68 points to 180.58.
The top performers on the MDAX were Traton SE (ETR:8TRA) which rose 4.79% to 31.70, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was up 3.20% to settle at 34.78 and Rational AG (ETR:RAAG) which gained 2.77% to close at 780.00.
The worst performers were Tui AG NA (ETR:TUI1n) which was down 5.57% to 6.75 in late trade, HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which lost 2.69% to settle at 6.15 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 2.21% to 21.20 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which rose 3.20% to 34.78, Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) which was up 1.56% to settle at 54.58 and Freenet AG NA (ETR:FNTGn) which gained 1.49% to close at 25.82.
The worst performers were Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG) which was down 5.51% to 77.10 in late trade, Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:SMHNn) which lost 4.41% to settle at 56.40 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 2.21% to 21.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 328 to 278 and 31 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.42% to 13.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.04% or 1.05 to $2,460.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.15% or 0.12 to hit $81.56 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.15 to trade at $85.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 103.74.