Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.22%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retail, Food&Beverages and Consumer&Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Financial Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.22%, while the MDAX index gained 1.19%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p), which rose 4.72% or 14.30 points to trade at 317.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) added 3.91% or 1.00 points to end at 26.60 and Adidas AG (ETR:ADSGN) was up 2.66% or 4.70 points to 181.38 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe), which fell 3.25% or 1.03 points to trade at 30.66 at the close. Mercedes Benz Group AG (ETR:MBGn) declined 2.30% or 1.70 points to end at 72.35 and Henkel&Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR:HNKG_p) was down 1.90% or 1.38 points to 71.30.

The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which rose 16.99% to 21.72, Puma SE (ETR:PUMG) which was up 9.97% to settle at 52.30 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:WCHG) which gained 6.51% to close at 123.50.

The worst performers were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was down 2.19% to 29.44 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which lost 2.07% to settle at 20.39 and Freenet AG NA (ETR:FNTGn) which was down 1.65% to 22.60 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which rose 4.72% to 317.00, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was up 4.14% to settle at 11.20 and SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which gained 3.92% to close at 87.55.

The worst performers were United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which was down 3.31% to 12.57 in late trade, Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:VBKG) which lost 2.24% to settle at 38.89 and Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was down 2.19% to 29.44 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 397 to 250 and 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in Adidas AG (ETR:ADSGN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.66% or 4.70 to 181.38. Shares in United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.31% or 0.43 to 12.57.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.51% to 14.74.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.11% or 21.55 to $1,923.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 4.48% or 3.25 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 4.16% or 3.21 to trade at $73.91 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 102.06.