Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction, Telecoms and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.42%, while the MDAX index lost 0.25%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which rose 0.47% or 0.105 points to trade at 22.535 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) added 0.22% or 0.160 points to end at 74.360 and Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG) was up 0.12% or 0.060 points to 51.980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (XETRA:DTEGn), which fell 4.55% or 0.775 points to trade at 16.255 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn) declined 2.93% or 0.870 points to end at 28.790 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (XETRA:HEIG) was down 1.71% or 1.320 points to 75.720.
The top performers on the MDAX were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which rose 4.87% to 15.065, Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:FPEG_p) which was up 1.63% to settle at 40.275 and Aurubis AG (XETRA:NAFG) which gained 1.07% to close at 57.690.
The worst performers were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (XETRA:PSMGn) which was down 3.74% to 45.100 in late trade, Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) which lost 2.47% to settle at 16.575 and Rheinmetall AG (XETRA:RHMG) which was down 1.78% to 49.415 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which rose 7.10% to 2.217, Jenoptik AG O.N. (XETRA:JENG) which was up 3.46% to settle at 11.800 and Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which gained 3.23% to close at 48.520.
The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (XETRA:FNTGN) which was down 5.27% to 30.545 in late trade, Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which lost 3.92% to settle at 42.540 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (XETRA:PV) which was down 3.78% to 86.060 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 418 to 328 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:FPEG_p) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.63% or 0.645 to 40.275.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.10% to 19.79 a new 1-month low.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.16% or 1.90 to $1206.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.60% or 0.97 to hit $59.75 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.74% or 1.16 to trade at $65.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.69% to 1.1035, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.7128.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.69% at 96.12.