Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Retail and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Basic Resources and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.09%, while the MDAX index gained 0.63%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 1.64% or 0.099 points to trade at 6.134 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 1.28% or 1.210 points to end at 95.650 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 1.13% or 0.830 points to 74.260 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 2.90% or 0.635 points to trade at 21.295 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) declined 2.14% or 0.350 points to end at 16.020 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was down 1.82% or 0.122 points to 6.599.
The top performers on the MDAX were GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which rose 3.46% to 35.560, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which was up 2.32% to settle at 57.350 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 2.18% to close at 36.12.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 1.97% to 30.110 in late trade, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which lost 1.05% to settle at 30.575 and Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 0.84% to 59.250 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 2.04% to 18.980, Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which was up 1.24% to settle at 26.080 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 0.88% to close at 36.510.
The worst performers were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 3.18% to 9.689 in late trade, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which lost 2.19% to settle at 42.900 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 1.54% to 14.080 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 433 to 430 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.84% or 0.500 to 59.250.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.75% to 18.99.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.81% or 9.65 to $1179.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.27% or 1.57 to hit $46.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.14% or 1.54 to trade at $47.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.0593, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8507.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 101.54.