Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction, Financial Services and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Software and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.05%, while the MDAX index gained 0.18%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 1.50% or 0.190 points to trade at 12.880 at the close. Meanwhile, Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) added 0.77% or 0.670 points to end at 87.400 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 0.76% or 0.23 points to 30.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 1.24% or 0.094 points to trade at 7.497 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 0.94% or 1.300 points to end at 137.500 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 0.59% or 0.135 points to 22.730.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which rose 2.03% to 41.885, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was up 1.82% to settle at 22.350 and Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which gained 1.15% to close at 88.200.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 1.65% to 29.285 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 1.26% to settle at 22.685 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 0.66% to 36.07 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) which rose 10.34% to 0.032, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 4.11% to settle at 52.990 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 1.43% to close at 7.070.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 0.55% to 37.965 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 0.44% to settle at 43.715 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 0.41% to 84.650 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 385 to 348 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.43% or 0.100 to 7.070.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.45% to 15.11.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.31% or 3.45 to $1134.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $52.97 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.11 to trade at $55.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.0447, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8526.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 103.02.