Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Insurance, Construction and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.01%, while the MDAX index declined 0.04%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN), which rose 1.35% or 1.750 points to trade at 131.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 0.83% or 0.28 points to end at 33.27 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG) was up 0.78% or 0.850 points to 109.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which fell 0.94% or 1.100 points to trade at 116.150 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) declined 0.93% or 0.056 points to end at 5.934 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was down 0.83% or 0.095 points to 11.400.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 5.43% to 28.175, Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which was up 2.06% to settle at 49.040 and Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (DE:DWNG) which gained 1.26% to close at 31.375.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 3.40% to 40.360 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which lost 3.07% to settle at 26.480 and Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 2.61% to 66.800 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which rose 5.08% to 55.480, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 1.50% to settle at 3.645 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which gained 1.06% to close at 27.295.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 3.26% to 34.600 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which lost 2.77% to settle at 50.110 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 2.59% to 7.150 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 457 to 392 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) rose to all time highs; rising 1.35% or 1.750 to 131.550. Shares in Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) rose to all time highs; rising 0.83% or 0.28 to 33.27.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.62% to 19.32 a new 1-month low.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.17% or 2.25 to $1329.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.42% or 0.19 to hit $45.87 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.25 to trade at $47.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1061, while EUR/GBP rose 0.93% to 0.8397.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 96.63.