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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.34%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.27%, and the TecDAX index added 1.53%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p), which rose 6.48% or 26.40 points to trade at 433.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) added 4.75% or 1.52 points to end at 33.65 and Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) was up 3.19% or 1.33 points to 42.98 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE&Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:FREG), which fell 2.48% or 0.67 points to trade at 26.37 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG) declined 2.08% or 0.89 points to end at 41.86 and Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) was down 1.51% or 0.40 points to 26.10.

The top performers on the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which rose 6.89% to 18.92, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:TKAG) which was up 4.71% to settle at 7.47 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:WCHG) which gained 4.09% to close at 136.10.

The worst performers were Puma SE (ETR:PUMG) which was down 2.48% to 59.70 in late trade, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:TEGG) which lost 2.46% to settle at 7.94 and Rational AG (ETR:RAAG) which was down 1.89% to 621.50 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which rose 6.89% to 18.92, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which was up 6.48% to settle at 433.90 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) which gained 4.75% to close at 33.65.

The worst performers were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 1.13% to 27.96 in late trade, SAP SE (ETR:SAPG) which lost 0.89% to settle at 105.00 and Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) which was down 0.85% to 45.71 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 458 to 212 and 89 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.19% to 17.90.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.76% or 14.75 to $1,927.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.48% or 1.19 to hit $81.34 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.53% or 1.32 to trade at $87.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 101.79.