Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverage, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Consumer & Cyclical and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.40% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index added 0.39%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn), which rose 3.07% or 0.845 points to trade at 28.350 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) added 2.89% or 0.325 points to end at 11.565 and Siemens AG NA (XETRA:SIEGn) was up 1.66% or 1.570 points to 95.960 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG), which fell 2.64% or 0.625 points to trade at 23.005 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (XETRA:BEIG) declined 2.37% or 1.830 points to end at 75.250 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) was down 1.90% or 0.195 points to 10.055.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (XETRA:KGX) which rose 6.60% to 35.15, Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which was up 2.82% to settle at 9.871 and Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which gained 1.89% to close at 25.940.
The worst performers were Leoni AG NA O.N. (XETRA:LEOGn) which was down 2.91% to 54.450 in late trade, Fielmann AG O.N. (XETRA:FIEG) which lost 2.53% to settle at 58.220 and Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which was down 2.12% to 66.900 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which rose 2.96% to 12.525, Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was up 2.83% to settle at 109.000 and Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which gained 1.92% to close at 3.240.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 4.49% to 7.000 in late trade, Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which lost 3.57% to settle at 41.560 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which was down 2.72% to 110.850 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 379 to 354 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.49% or 0.329 to 7.000. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.83% or 3.000 to 109.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.41% to 19.74.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.69% or 8.40 to $1229.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 2.99% or 1.53 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 3.11% or 1.84 to trade at $61.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1409, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.7412.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.16.