Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Insurance and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.54%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.26%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG), which rose 2.40% or 0.560 points to trade at 23.885 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) added 1.22% or 0.140 points to end at 11.655 and Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) was up 1.16% or 2.400 points to 210.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Linde AG O.N. (XETRA:LING), which fell 2.44% or 4.300 points to trade at 171.600 at the close. Adidas AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ADSGN) declined 1.68% or 1.180 points to end at 68.850 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn) was down 1.58% or 0.430 points to 26.750.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which rose 4.70% to 8.227, Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) which was up 3.45% to settle at 16.190 and Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which gained 2.63% to close at 33.325.
The worst performers were Deutsche Euroshop AG O.N. (XETRA:DEQGn) which was down 3.89% to 40.200 in late trade, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (XETRA:SY1G) which lost 2.69% to settle at 55.370 and Rhoen-Klinikum O.N. (XETRA:RHKG) which was down 1.95% to 23.825 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which rose 7.88% to 7.749, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (XETRA:O2Dn) which was up 2.50% to settle at 5.081 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which gained 1.61% to close at 30.255.
The worst performers were Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which was down 6.82% to 4.100 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which lost 4.22% to settle at 6.339 and Morphosys AG O.N. (XETRA:MORG) which was down 3.45% to 64.830 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 386 to 352 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) rose to 3-years highs; rising 7.88% or 0.566 to 7.749. Shares in Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.82% or 0.300 to 4.100.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.40% to 25.41 a new 3-years high.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.07% or 0.90 to $1202.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.99% or 1.21 to hit $59.61 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.45% or 1.57 to trade at $62.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1335, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.7143.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 94.43.