Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.12%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the lost 0.12%, while the index climbed 0.59%, and the index declined 0.02%.

The best performers of the session on the were Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:), which rose 1.16% or 0.780 points to trade at 67.910 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (DE:) added 1.01% or 0.48 points to end at 48.21 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:) was up 0.98% or 0.150 points to 15.470 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Wirecard AG (DE:), which fell 2.73% or 3.350 points to trade at 119.150 at the close. Siemens AG Class N (DE:) declined 1.79% or 1.80 points to end at 98.92 and Covestro AG (DE:) was down 1.37% or 0.630 points to 45.500.

The top performers on the MDAX were Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:) which rose 3.68% to 36.75, Delivery Hero AG (DE:) which was up 2.93% to settle at 43.50 and GEA Group AG (DE:) which gained 2.69% to close at 27.070.

The worst performers were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:) which was down 2.83% to 12.550 in late trade, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:) which lost 2.27% to settle at 12.03 and Bechtle AG (DE:) which was down 1.98% to 96.550 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:) which rose 3.68% to 36.75, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:) which was up 2.62% to settle at 54.900 and New Work SE (DE:) which gained 2.42% to close at 275.50.

The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:) which was down 2.73% to 119.150 in late trade, Bechtle AG (DE:) which lost 1.98% to settle at 96.550 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:) which was down 1.79% to 5.750 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 339 to 328 and 91 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.78% to 15.41.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 4.15 to $1498.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $53.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.07 to trade at $59.35 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.1123, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8656.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 97.352.

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