Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.08%

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 declined 0.08%, while the index added 0.44%, and the index added 0.46%.

The best performers of the session on the were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:), which rose 1.72% or 0.450 points to trade at 26.620 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:) added 1.44% or 0.101 points to end at 7.120 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:) was up 1.25% or 1.300 points to 105.050 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:), which fell 2.51% or 1.680 points to trade at 65.260 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:) declined 1.67% or 1.98 points to end at 116.64 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:) was down 1.44% or 2.58 points to 177.10.

The top performers on the MDAX were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:) which rose 9.42% to 21.600, Siltronic AG (DE:) which was up 3.73% to settle at 92.300 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:) which gained 2.60% to close at 63.100.

The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE:) which was down 2.76% to 10.040 in late trade, Software AG (DE:) which lost 2.34% to settle at 31.250 and Lanxess AG (DE:) which was down 1.58% to 59.840 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:) which rose 3.73% to 92.300, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:) which was up 2.60% to settle at 63.100 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:) which gained 2.34% to close at 4.200.

The worst performers were Software AG (DE:) which was down 2.34% to 31.250 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:) which lost 1.31% to settle at 2.629 and Wirecard AG (DE:) which was down 1.18% to 105.000 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 361 to 317 and 71 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.30% to 13.09.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.38% or 5.55 to $1484.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.48% or 0.29 to hit $61.14 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.31 to trade at $66.48 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1129, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8542.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.907.

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