Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.55%

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At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.55%, while the MDAX index added 0.79%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which rose 5.62% or 2.470 points to trade at 46.410 at the close. Meanwhile, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) added 4.78% or 9.25 points to end at 202.70 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 2.98% or 3.19 points to 110.12 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG), which fell 3.55% or 1.510 points to trade at 40.980 at the close. Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) declined 2.69% or 2.66 points to end at 96.34 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was down 2.65% or 1.52 points to 55.84.

The top performers on the MDAX were Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE:AT1) which rose 7.27% to 5.576, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was up 6.81% to settle at 6.684 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) which gained 6.23% to close at 9.773.

The worst performers were HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which was down 5.25% to 41.50 in late trade, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which lost 5.24% to settle at 108.500 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 3.73% to 37.98 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 5.30% to 17.470, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which was up 5.09% to settle at 25.580 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 4.68% to close at 46.060.

The worst performers were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was down 5.24% to 108.500 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 3.73% to settle at 37.98 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 2.28% to 368.800 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 492 to 196 and 26 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) rose to 3-years highs; rising 5.30% or 0.880 to 17.470.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.67% to 24.45 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 3.45 to $1889.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 3.41% or 1.37 to hit $41.50 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 3.23% or 1.38 to trade at $44.16 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1840, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8973.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 92.612.