Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the DAX Software, DAX Consumer & Cyclical and DAX Industrial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.72%, while the MDAX index gained 0.81%, and the TecDAX index climbed 2.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG), which rose 9.28% or 46.00 points to trade at 541.80 at the close. Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG) added 6.36% or 6.85 points to end at 114.60 and Adidas AG (ETR:ADSGN) was up 4.60% or 9.80 points to 222.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:FREG), which fell 2.68% or 0.93 points to trade at 33.79 in late trade. E.ON SE (ETR:EONGn) declined 1.72% or 0.21 points to end at 11.99 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) down 1.11% or 0.18 points to 15.99.
The top performers on the MDAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:TKAG) which rose 6.91% to 3.50, Puma SE (ETR:PUMG) which was up 5.68% to settle at 45.76 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which gained 5.59% to close at 43.06.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (ETR:EVDG) which was down 8.22% to 86.55 in late trade, Lanxess AG (ETR:LXSG) which lost 5.61% to settle at 24.24 and TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which was down 4.36% to 11.18 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which rose 9.24% to 7.86, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:COP1n) which was up 7.14% to settle at 15.01 and Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) which gained 5.78% to close at 17.94.
The worst performers were TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which was down 4.36% to 11.18 in late trade, SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn) which lost 4.08% to settle at 51.70 and PNE Wind AG (ETR:PNEGn) which was down 1.43% to 11.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 366 to 260 and 33 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Shares in Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG) rose to all time highs; up 6.36% or 6.85 to 114.60.
The DAX New Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.70% to 17.44.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.02% or 27.25 to $2,703.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.53% or 0.38 to hit $72.07 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.47 to trade at $75.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 104.36.