Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.38%

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 0.38%, while the index lost 0.02%, and the index gained 0.50%.

The best performers of the session on the were Wirecard AG (DE:), which rose 0.95% or 1.150 points to trade at 121.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (DE:) added 0.88% or 0.41 points to end at 47.04 and E.ON SE NA (DE:) was up 0.78% or 0.071 points to 9.149 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:), which fell 4.48% or 2.400 points to trade at 51.140 at the close. Merck KGaA (DE:) declined 3.28% or 3.60 points to end at 106.15 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:) was down 2.46% or 0.650 points to 25.790.

The top performers on the MDAX were Qiagen NV (DE:) which rose 13.99% to 33.5700, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:) which was up 3.74% to settle at 59.650 and Bechtle AG (DE:) which gained 2.64% to close at 116.500.

The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:) which was down 5.94% to 52.250 in late trade, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:) which lost 4.58% to settle at 12.090 and Knorr-Bremse AG (DE:) which was down 3.34% to 87.12 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Qiagen NV (DE:) which rose 13.67% to 33.475, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:) which was up 4.90% to settle at 15.84 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:) which gained 3.74% to close at 59.650.

The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:) which was down 3.18% to 18.550 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:) which lost 2.75% to settle at 77.700 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:) which was down 2.69% to 52.550 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 394 to 276 and 86 ended unchanged.

Shares in Bechtle AG (DE:) rose to all time highs; up 2.64% or 3.000 to 116.500.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.72% to 13.82.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.65% or 9.45 to $1472.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.28% or 0.16 to hit $56.96 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $62.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1018, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8555.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 98.050.

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