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 Retail, Technology and Pharmaceuticals&Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Insurance, Telecoms and Construction sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.08%, while the MDAX index climbed 2.92%, and the TecDAX index added 1.30%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which rose 9.14% or 0.94 points to trade at 11.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) added 9.06% or 1.84 points to end at 22.16 and Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) was up 7.83% or 2.07 points to 28.51 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hannover Rueck SE (ETR:HNRGn), which fell 5.72% or 13.10 points to trade at 215.80 at the close. Munich Reinsurance (ETR:MUVGn) declined 5.71% or 22.80 points to end at 376.60 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) was down 3.61% or 0.82 points to 21.74.

The top performers on the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which rose 10.87% to 20.71, Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) which was up 9.71% to settle at 37.75 and SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which gained 9.06% to close at 56.60.

The worst performers were Scout24 AG (ETR:G24n) which was down 3.24% to 63.96 in late trade, Talanx AG NA O.N. (ETR:TLXGn) which lost 3.16% to settle at 67.35 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which was down 3.08% to 77.98 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which rose 10.87% to 20.71, ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:QH9) which was up 10.27% to settle at 6.32 and SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which gained 9.06% to close at 56.60.

The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which was down 3.98% to 33.57 in late trade, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) which lost 3.61% to settle at 21.74 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which was down 3.08% to 77.98 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 432 to 208 and 31 ended unchanged.

Shares in Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.83% or 2.07 to 28.51.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.29% to 12.93 a new 3-months low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 2.74% or 54.80 to $2,052.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.79% or 2.63 to hit $72.10 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 3.70% or 2.75 to trade at $77.01 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.08% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.91% at 101.54.