Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.03%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retail, Software and Transportation&Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Financial Services and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.03%, while the MDAX index gained 0.52%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.06%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which rose 2.98% or 0.63 points to trade at 21.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) added 2.47% or 0.24 points to end at 9.79 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (ETR:DPWGn) was up 2.08% or 0.88 points to 42.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn), which fell 7.73% or 14.15 points to trade at 169.00 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) declined 4.47% or 1.51 points to end at 32.40 and BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR:BASFN) was down 4.30% or 2.15 points to 47.99.

The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which rose 9.92% to 36.08, Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which was up 9.23% to settle at 68.42 and Befesa SA (ETR:BFSA) which gained 3.75% to close at 40.36.

The worst performers were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 8.88% to 25.13 in late trade, RTL Group SA (ETR:RRTL) which lost 8.87% to settle at 43.98 and Puma SE (ETR:PUMG) which was down 6.51% to 52.00 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which rose 9.23% to 68.42, Suse SA (ETR:SUSEG) which was up 2.95% to settle at 16.75 and Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which gained 2.84% to close at 31.88.

The worst performers were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 8.88% to 25.13 in late trade, Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:VBKG) which lost 6.00% to settle at 34.95 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) which was down 4.47% to 32.40 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 349 to 309 and 93 ended unchanged.

Shares in Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.98% or 0.63 to 21.77. Shares in Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:VBKG) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.00% or 2.23 to 34.95.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.05% to 17.83.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.07% or 1.35 to $1,997.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.93% or 0.69 to hit $74.99 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.64 to trade at $78.36 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 101.36.