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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.48%, while the MDAX index added 0.43%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.46%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Airbus Group SE (ETR: AIRG ), which rose 3.72% or 5.74 points to trade at 160.20 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR: RWEG ) added 2.53% or 0.73 points to end at 29.56 and Hannover Rueck SE (ETR: HNRGn ) was up 2.40% or 5.80 points to 247.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR: VOWG_p ), which fell 1.89% or 1.68 points to trade at 87.36 at the close. Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR: HNKG_p ) declined 1.77% or 1.50 points to end at 83.20 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ) was down 1.72% or 10.60 points to 604.00.

The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (ETR: HFGG ) which rose 8.04% to 12.71, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR: NDXG ) which was up 4.26% to settle at 11.75 and CTS Eventim AG (ETR: EVDG ) which gained 4.04% to close at 84.95.

The worst performers were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (ETR: JUNG_p ) which was down 2.26% to 25.08 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (ETR: UTDI ) which lost 2.17% to settle at 15.33 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR: AT1 ) which was down 2.16% to 2.86 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR: NDXG ) which rose 4.26% to 11.75, Kontron AG (ETR: KTN ) which was up 2.72% to settle at 19.99 and SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR: SMHNn ) which gained 2.57% to close at 49.90.

The worst performers were 11 AG (ETR: 1U1 ) which was down 5.71% to 11.88 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (ETR: UTDI ) which lost 2.17% to settle at 15.33 and Aixtron SE (ETR: AIXGn ) which was down 2.07% to 14.90 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 448 to 197 and 18 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.53% to 15.64.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.19% or 31.46 to $2,672.46 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.58% or 1.85 to hit $73.57 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.26% or 1.69 to trade at $76.33 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.88% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.76% at 109.12.