Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.37%

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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.37%, while the MDAX index gained 0.17%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.22%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG), which rose 3.20% or 0.67 points to trade at 21.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:PSHG_p) added 2.58% or 1.54 points to end at 61.14 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) was up 2.20% or 8.60 points to 400.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE (ETR:EONGn), which fell 2.90% or 0.23 points to trade at 7.83 at the close. Munich Reinsurance (ETR:MUVGn) declined 2.60% or 6.70 points to end at 251.30 and RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG) was down 2.59% or 1.04 points to 39.07.

The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which rose 5.17% to 55.90, Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which was up 3.38% to settle at 39.42 and CTS Eventim AG (ETR:EVDG) which gained 2.09% to close at 47.00.

The worst performers were Software AG (ETR:SOWGn) which was down 3.46% to 22.34 in late trade, Vantage Towers AG (ETR:VTWRn) which lost 3.45% to settle at 26.30 and Talanx AG NA O.N. (ETR:TLXGn) which was down 2.45% to 36.68 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which rose 2.20% to 400.00, Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) which was up 2.07% to settle at 44.78 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which gained 1.82% to close at 52.48.

The worst performers were Software AG (ETR:SOWGn) which was down 3.46% to 22.34 in late trade, Vantage Towers AG (ETR:VTWRn) which lost 3.45% to settle at 26.30 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 2.33% to 8.40 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 357 to 317 and 78 ended unchanged.

Shares in Software AG (ETR:SOWGn) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.46% or 0.80 to 22.34. Shares in Software AG (ETR:SOWGn) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.46% or 0.80 to 22.34.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.60% to 29.49.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.35 to $1,721.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.77% or 0.68 to hit $88.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.88 to trade at $94.25 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.72% to 0.98, while EUR/GBP rose 0.77% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.90% at 112.01.