Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.53%

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At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.53%, while the MDAX index declined 1.64%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.24%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn), which rose 2.99% or 0.67 points to trade at 23.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) added 2.76% or 10.50 points to end at 390.50 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) was up 2.01% or 1.06 points to 53.88 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG), which fell 7.12% or 19.80 points to trade at 258.20 at the close. Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe) declined 5.47% or 1.66 points to end at 28.70 and Continental AG O.N. (ETR:CONG) was down 5.15% or 3.52 points to 64.86.

The top performers on the MDAX were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (ETR:O2Dn) which rose 1.47% to 2.84, Freenet AG NA (ETR:FNTGn) which was up 1.25% to settle at 24.22 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:FMEG) which gained 1.20% to close at 39.70.

The worst performers were Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR:AT1) which was down 8.05% to 1.16 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:WCHG) which lost 5.96% to settle at 137.95 and Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) which was down 5.95% to 32.59 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which rose 13.44% to 16.59, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) which was up 2.99% to settle at 23.05 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which gained 2.76% to close at 390.50.

The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 5.94% to 12.35 in late trade, Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:VBKG) which lost 5.33% to settle at 38.15 and SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which was down 3.67% to 93.10 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 415 to 241 and 94 ended unchanged.

Shares in Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.99% or 0.67 to 23.05. Shares in Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR:AT1) fell to all time lows; falling 8.05% or 0.10 to 1.16. Shares in Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.99% or 0.67 to 23.05. Shares in Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:VBKG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.33% or 2.15 to 38.15.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.53% to 19.63.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.60 to $2,036.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.16% or 0.13 to hit $80.58 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.09 to trade at $85.03 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 101.65.