Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Software and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.78%, while the MDAX index added 1.02%, and the TecDAX index added 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn), which rose 4.64% or 12.90 points to trade at 291.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Brenntag AG (ETR:BNRGn) added 4.49% or 2.50 points to end at 58.24 and Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG) was up 3.78% or 6.30 points to 172.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn), which fell 4.79% or 1.57 points to trade at 31.18 at the close. Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) declined 2.73% or 0.97 points to end at 34.52 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG) was down 1.71% or 0.40 points to 22.95.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which rose 5.65% to 26.57, Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which was up 3.92% to settle at 55.70 and Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) which gained 3.88% to close at 36.98.
The worst performers were Puma SE (ETR:PUMG) which was down 2.49% to 22.73 in late trade, flatexDEGIRO AG (ETR:FTKn) which lost 1.30% to settle at 21.18 and Freenet AG NA (ETR:FNTGn) which was down 0.84% to 35.48 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR:EUZG) which rose 4.81% to 58.80, Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which was up 2.37% to settle at 112.30 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG) which gained 2.09% to close at 46.84.
The worst performers were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) which was down 4.79% to 31.18 in late trade, Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which lost 3.93% to settle at 132.00 and Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) which was down 1.57% to 37.02 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 399 to 220 and 34 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.90% to 23.91.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.65% or 55.39 to $3,293.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $62.85 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $66.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 99.27.