Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Telecoms and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 2.26%, while the MDAX index declined 1.84%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.64%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG), which fell 0.02% or 0.010 points to trade at 57.930 at the close. Meanwhile, SAP AG O.N. (XETRA:SAPG) fell 1.07% or 0.730 points to end at 67.390 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) was down 1.14% or 0.140 points to 12.115 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN), which fell 4.54% or 1.410 points to trade at 29.670 at the close. Bayer AG NA (XETRA:BAYGN) declined 3.19% or 4.250 points to end at 129.150 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) was down 2.85% or 0.375 points to 12.800.
The top performers on the MDAX were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which rose 1.68% to 14.200, Celesio AG Nam. O.N. (XETRA:CLSGn) which was up 1.01% to settle at 26.495 and Kabel Deutschland Holding AG O.N. (XETRA:KD8Gn) which gained 0.41% to close at 123.000.
The worst performers were Leoni AG NA O.N. (XETRA:LEOGn) which was down 4.02% to 59.230 in late trade, A.Springer AG VNA (XETRA:SPRGn) which lost 3.73% to settle at 49.590 and Airbus Group (XETRA:AIRG) which was down 3.65% to 62.107 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which rose 1.98% to 30.185, Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which was up 0.47% to settle at 46.260 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which gained 0.44% to close at 160.300.
The worst performers were LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) which was down 7.15% to 8.217 in late trade, QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which lost 4.31% to settle at 2.042 and Jenoptik AG O.N. (XETRA:JENG) which was down 3.84% to 11.640 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 567 to 177 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) rose to all time highs; up 1.98% or 0.585 to 30.185. Shares in LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.15% or 0.633 to 8.217.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 8.57% to 22.81.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.08% or 0.90 to $1189.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.40% or 1.96 to hit $59.64 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.49% or 2.19 to trade at $64.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.38% to 1.0990, while EUR/GBP rose 0.67% to 0.7196.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 96.98.