Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software, Media and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Insurance, Financial Services and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.14%, while the MDAX index declined 0.43%, and the TecDAX index added 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 1.78% or 0.230 points to trade at 13.180 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) added 1.31% or 0.770 points to end at 59.450 and SAP AG O.N. (DE:SAPG) was up 1.25% or 0.950 points to 76.670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which lost 5.95% or 0.660 points to trade at 10.435 in late trade. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 2.11% or 2.600 points to end at 120.850 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) shed 1.73% or 1.300 points to 73.940.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 3.41% to 30.920, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was up 2.93% to settle at 27.190 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which gained 1.27% to close at 30.405.
The worst performers were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was down 8.07% to 91.700 in late trade, Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which lost 2.97% to settle at 12.270 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was down 2.11% to 40.680 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which rose 7.47% to 36.110, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was up 3.23% to settle at 9.600 and STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which gained 2.89% to close at 53.000.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 3.15% to 32.635 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which lost 2.41% to settle at 7.535 and Suess Microtec NA O.N. (DE:SMHNn) which was down 1.62% to 7.183 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 428 to 422 and 23 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.88% to 17.93 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.73% or 9.65 to $1328.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.75% or 0.80 to hit $44.95 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.51% or 0.71 to trade at $46.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1009, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8327.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 97.05.