Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.90% By Investing.com

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 0.90%, while the index lost 0.23%, and the index gained 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:), which rose 4.79% or 1.35 points to trade at 29.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Zalando SE (ETR:) added 4.18% or 1.44 points to end at 35.92 and Merck KGaA (ETR:) was up 2.29% or 3.75 points to 167.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (ETR:), which fell 3.15% or 1.22 points to trade at 37.48 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:) declined 3.08% or 5.05 points to end at 159.15 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:) was down 3.02% or 0.99 points to 31.79.

The top performers on the MDAX were Hypoport AG (ETR:) which rose 3.66% to 255.20, TeamViewer AG (ETR:) which was up 3.57% to settle at 12.17 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 3.29% to close at 24.78.

The worst performers were United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which was down 4.57% to 29.04 in late trade, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which lost 2.69% to settle at 49.47 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (ETR:) which was down 2.60% to 9.74 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:) which rose 4.95% to 50.65, TeamViewer AG (ETR:) which was up 3.57% to settle at 12.17 and Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 3.50% to close at 19.09.

The worst performers were Suse SA (ETR:) which was down 5.17% to 27.90 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which lost 4.57% to settle at 29.04 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) which was down 2.12% to 54.52 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 483 to 217 and 65 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.62% to 28.03.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.31% or 23.86 to $1,839.76 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.18% or 1.26 to hit $108.30 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 1.52 to trade at $110.63 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.20% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.00% at 102.83.