Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Financial Services and Consumer & Cyclical sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.57% to hit a new 6-month high, while the MDAX index added 0.23%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn), which rose 2.12% or 1.230 points to trade at 59.310 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 1.44% or 0.63 points to end at 44.23 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 1.30% or 0.290 points to 22.590 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which lost 1.96% or 2.400 points to trade at 120.100 in late trade. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 1.71% or 1.220 points to end at 70.160 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) shed 1.20% or 1.14 points to 93.78.
The top performers on the MDAX were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which rose 2.62% to 32.060, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was up 2.24% to settle at 49.24 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which gained 2.19% to close at 39.750.
The worst performers were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was down 5.50% to 31.10 in late trade, Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which lost 2.42% to settle at 36.64 and Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was down 2.13% to 50.500 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 4.58% to 21.020, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 1.58% to settle at 2.897 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 1.27% to close at 151.900.
The worst performers were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 2.46% to 8.915 in late trade, Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which lost 2.42% to settle at 36.64 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was down 2.20% to 9.9020 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 395 to 318 and 65 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.11% to 12.45.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.14% or 1.85 to $1274.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $71.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1228, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8647.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 97.153.