Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Resources and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.20%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.24%, and the TecDAX index added 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn), which rose 1.96% or 1.000 points to trade at 52.030 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 1.64% or 0.310 points to end at 19.186 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was up 1.30% or 0.630 points to 48.980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which fell 0.86% or 0.900 points to trade at 103.400 at the close. Linde PLC (DE:LINI) declined 0.75% or 1.400 points to end at 185.800 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) was down 0.62% or 1.60 points to 254.90.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 4.66% to 12.340, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was up 2.49% to settle at 41.570 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which gained 2.36% to close at 11.945.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 1.80% to 70.850 in late trade, Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which lost 1.75% to settle at 16.300 and GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 1.59% to 28.520 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which rose 4.62% to 14.96, New Work SE (DE:NWOn) which was up 1.97% to settle at 284.50 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 1.93% to close at 74.840.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 1.55% to 53.900 in late trade, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which lost 1.26% to settle at 20.40 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 0.22% to 2.702 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 423 to 244 and 92 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.14% to 14.70.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.65 to $1462.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.77% or 0.45 to hit $58.13 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.55% or 0.35 to trade at $63.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.8592.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 98.160.