Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 3.96% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the lost 3.96% to hit a new 6-months low, while the index unchanged 0%, and the index unchanged 0%.

The best performers of the session on the were Siemens Energy AG (DE:), which rose 7.38% or 1.34 points to trade at 19.48 at the close. Meanwhile, HelloFresh SE (DE:) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 47.46 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:) was up 0.45% or 0.170 points to 37.710 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 12.874 at the close. Covestro AG (DE:) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 51.760 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:) was down 7.48% or 6.34 points to 78.45.

The top performers on the MDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:) which rose 7.73% to 17.500, Rheinmetall AG (DE:) which was up 3.38% to settle at 100.050 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:) which unchanged 0% to close at 24.990.

The worst performers were Uniper SE (DE:) which was unchanged 0% to 36.690 in late trade, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:) which unchanged 0% to settle at 8.598 and Knorr-Bremse AG (DE:) which was unchanged 0% to 87.84 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:) which unchanged 0% to 12.200, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:) which was unchanged 0% to settle at 28.160 and Aixtron SE (DE:) which gained 7.73% to close at 17.500.

The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (DE:) which was down 6.19% to 22.870 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:) which unchanged 0% to settle at 2.561 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:) which was down 5.40% to 15.586 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 618 to 113 and 40 ended unchanged.

Shares in Covestro AG (DE:) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0% or 0 to 51.760. Shares in Continental AG O.N. (DE:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.48% or 6.34 to 78.45. Shares in Uniper SE (DE:) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0% or 0 to 36.690. Shares in Rheinmetall AG (DE:) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.38% or 3.270 to 100.050. Shares in Knorr-Bremse AG (DE:) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0% or 0 to 87.84.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0% to 34.69 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.63% or 12.05 to $1911.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 3.68% or 3.32 to hit $93.53 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.10% or 1.95 to trade at $94.94 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0% to 1.1312, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0% to 0.8321.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.