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 fell 0.76%, while the index gained 0.19%, and the index fell 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the were Munich Reinsurance (ETR:), which rose 1.88% or 8.40 points to trade at 454.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (ETR:) added 1.72% or 2.85 points to end at 168.70 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) was up 1.57% or 0.84 points to 54.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens AG Class N (ETR:), which fell 6.77% or 12.70 points to trade at 175.00 at the close. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR:) declined 6.26% or 6.44 points to end at 96.46 and Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:) was down 5.29% or 2.18 points to 39.02.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (ETR:) which rose 4.91% to 65.20, Talanx AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which was up 4.34% to settle at 72.05 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which gained 3.60% to close at 32.22.
The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (ETR:) which was down 3.76% to 23.02 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which lost 2.80% to settle at 14.56 and Evonik Industries AG (ETR:) which was down 2.27% to 20.24 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:) which rose 3.88% to 53.60, Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) which was up 1.62% to settle at 69.05 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) which gained 1.57% to close at 54.32.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which was down 5.22% to 277.60 in late trade, Freenet AG NA (ETR:) which lost 3.76% to settle at 23.02 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which was down 2.80% to 14.56 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 313 to 311 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stroeer SE (ETR:) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.91% or 3.05 to 65.20. Shares in Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.88% or 2.00 to 53.60. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.62% or 1.10 to 69.05.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.48% to 13.99.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 9.95 to $2,384.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.84% or 0.66 to hit $79.29 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.48 to trade at $83.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.35.
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