Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.66% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Frankfurt, the added 0.66% to hit a new all time high, while the index added 1.80%, and the index gained 1.43%.

The best performers of the session on the were Delivery Hero AG (DE:), which rose 3.85% or 4.25 points to trade at 114.75 at the close. Meanwhile, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:) added 3.29% or 6.60 points to end at 207.30 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:) was up 2.80% or 0.935 points to 34.340 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (DE:), which fell 1.22% or 0.66 points to trade at 53.26 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:) declined 1.12% or 0.870 points to end at 76.980 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:) was down 0.85% or 0.82 points to 95.26.

The top performers on the MDAX were CTS Eventim AG (DE:) which rose 5.30% to 52.060, Airbus Group SE (DE:) which was up 4.11% to settle at 100.38 and Rational AG (DE:) which gained 4.09% to close at 689.60.

The worst performers were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:) which was down 3.76% to 10.928 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:) which lost 1.06% to settle at 48.620 and Aurubis AG (DE:) which was down 0.65% to 70.180 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (DE:) which rose 5.94% to 22.46, LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:) which was up 5.32% to settle at 25.120 and New Work SE (DE:) which gained 5.19% to close at 233.00.

The worst performers were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:) which was down 1.90% to 67.300 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:) which lost 1.06% to settle at 48.620 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:) which was down 0.28% to 2.493 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 452 to 233 and 65 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.35% to 18.24 a new 52-week low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.67% or 11.45 to $1727.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.72% or 1.02 to hit $60.18 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.85 to trade at $63.59 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1771, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8508.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.953.