Germany stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction, Software and Pharmaceuticals&Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.45%, while the MDAX index gained 0.12%, and the TecDAX index added 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which rose 2.11% or 1.430 points to trade at 69.140 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE&Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 1.85% or 0.840 points to end at 46.200 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was up 1.71% or 0.710 points to 42.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 1.28% or 0.295 points to trade at 22.775 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 0.99% or 1.25 points to end at 125.41 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 0.84% or 0.128 points to 15.197.
The top performers on the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 2.18% to 22.950, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was up 2.15% to settle at 10.93 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which gained 1.97% to close at 37.220.
The worst performers were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 7.95% to 37.850 in late trade, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which lost 4.76% to settle at 14.8000 and Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 4.56% to 25.520 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 3.19% to 13.250, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 2.94% to settle at 23.780 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which gained 2.69% to close at 10.70.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 1.64% to 61.120 in late trade, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which lost 0.84% to settle at 15.197 and S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was down 0.66% to 21.08 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 384 to 309 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.95% or 3.270 to 37.850.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.17% to 14.99 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.52% or 6.95 to $1343.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.05% or 1.05 to hit $52.19 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.90% or 1.14 to trade at $61.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1276, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8892.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.032.
