Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services, Basic Resources and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Technology and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.27%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.39%, and the TecDAX index added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN), which rose 1.72% or 0.635 points to trade at 37.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) added 1.51% or 1.250 points to end at 84.000 and Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) was up 1.44% or 2.950 points to 207.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which fell 2.38% or 0.400 points to trade at 16.425 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) declined 1.87% or 0.210 points to end at 11.010 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) was down 1.43% or 0.138 points to 9.515.
The top performers on the MDAX were Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) which rose 4.77% to 16.350, Deutsche Euroshop AG O.N. (XETRA:DEQGn) which was up 3.06% to settle at 41.875 and LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) which gained 3.06% to close at 71.830.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which was down 3.57% to 36.620 in late trade, Fraport AG (XETRA:FRAG) which lost 1.12% to settle at 55.870 and Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which was down 0.92% to 37.735 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which rose 2.40% to 36.280, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) which was up 2.33% to settle at 92.810 and PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (XETRA:PSAGn) which gained 1.63% to close at 12.190.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 1.82% to 5.346 in late trade, BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) which lost 1.52% to settle at 277.750 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which was down 1.27% to 29.650 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 371 to 355 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) fell to all time lows; falling 2.38% or 0.400 to 16.425. Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.40% or 0.850 to 36.280.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.10% to 20.76.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.21% or 2.30 to $1113.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.85% or 0.36 to hit $42.59 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.72% or 0.35 to trade at $49.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1112, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.7111.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 96.60.