Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the DAX Food & Beverage, DAX Software and DAX Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the DAX Construction, DAX Insurance and DAX Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.15% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index declined 0.40%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Airbus Group SE (ETR:AIRG), which rose 2.34% or 3.66 points to trade at 159.96 at the close. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR:BMWG) added 1.91% or 1.50 points to end at 79.98 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (ETR:BEIG) was up 1.29% or 1.60 points to 126.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which fell 3.92% or 2.00 points to trade at 49.06 in late trade. Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (ETR:MUVGn) declined 2.02% or 10.10 points to end at 490.10 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (ETR:DHLn) down 1.61% or 0.58 points to 35.36.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which rose 2.94% to 42.02, Fraport AG (ETR:FRAG) which was up 2.80% to settle at 53.20 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which gained 2.32% to close at 31.82.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was down 5.74% to 50.95 in late trade, SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co KgaA (ETR:1SXP) which lost 5.62% to settle at 24.54 and Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) which was down 4.70% to 33.83 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which rose 8.08% to 93.60, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was up 2.27% to settle at 35.18 and Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG) which gained 1.50% to close at 67.80.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was down 5.74% to 50.95 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which lost 3.44% to settle at 95.45 and Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which was down 3.00% to 23.94 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 347 to 279 and 41 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Shares in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.74% or 3.10 to 50.95. Shares in SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co KgaA (ETR:1SXP) fell to all time lows; down 5.62% or 1.46 to 24.54. Shares in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.74% or 3.10 to 50.95.
The DAX New Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.53% to 12.88 a new 3-month low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.81% or 50.01 to $2,706.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.33% or 0.23 to hit $70.06 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.21 to trade at $73.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.44% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 106.29.