Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Financial Services and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Transportation & Logistics and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.37%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.12%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn), which rose 1.50% or 1.290 points to trade at 87.270 at the close. Meanwhile, K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) added 1.17% or 0.440 points to end at 38.180 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) was up 0.90% or 0.220 points to 24.585 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG), which fell 2.47% or 1.370 points to trade at 54.190 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) declined 1.81% or 0.365 points to end at 19.775 and E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) was down 1.54% or 0.195 points to 12.440.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (XETRA:KRNG) which rose 4.46% to 104.400, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (XETRA:SY1G) which was up 1.88% to settle at 60.050 and Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) which gained 1.83% to close at 15.885.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (XETRA:WCHG) which was down 2.06% to 92.680 in late trade, DMG Mori Seiki AG (XETRA:GILG) which lost 1.62% to settle at 32.865 and RTL Group SA (XETRA:RRTL) which was down 1.46% to 86.350 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which rose 5.18% to 54.400, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was up 3.70% to settle at 5.319 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) which gained 2.66% to close at 92.710.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which was down 1.98% to 31.170 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (XETRA:EVTG) which lost 1.62% to settle at 3.406 and Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which was down 1.25% to 39.450 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 379 to 361 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.50% or 1.290 to 87.270. Shares in Krones AG O.N. (XETRA:KRNG) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.46% or 4.460 to 104.400. Shares in Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) rose to all time highs; rising 5.18% or 2.680 to 54.400.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.12% to 17.97 a new 3-months low.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.10% or 12.60 to $1131.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.81% or 0.41 to hit $50.50 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $56.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.0845, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.6941.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 98.00.