Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Transportation & Logistics and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.83%, while the MDAX index gained 0.17%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 3.29% or 0.525 points to trade at 16.490 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 1.94% or 0.240 points to end at 12.610 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 1.90% or 0.380 points to 20.395 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn), which fell 0.64% or 0.100 points to trade at 15.520 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) declined 0.54% or 0.550 points to end at 101.050 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 0.25% or 0.45 points to 180.60.
The top performers on the MDAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which rose 3.16% to 45.41, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was up 2.64% to settle at 13.43 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 2.40% to close at 142.85.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 20.67% to 0.47 in late trade, Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which lost 2.91% to settle at 11.495 and Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 2.76% to 17.070 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 8.96% to 12.950, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was up 5.29% to settle at 12.435 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 3.86% to close at 83.380.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 2.03% to 22.955 in late trade, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which lost 0.74% to settle at 89.310 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 0.58% to 31.600 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 482 to 265 and 42 ended unchanged.
Shares in Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.94% or 0.240 to 12.610. Shares in Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.16% or 1.39 to 45.41. Shares in Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) fell to all time lows; losing 20.67% or 0.12 to 0.47. Shares in Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) rose to all time highs; up 2.64% or 0.34 to 13.43. Shares in Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.40% or 3.35 to 142.85. Shares in Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.03% or 0.475 to 22.955.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.50% to 13.74.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 3.80 to $1249.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.27% or 0.72 to hit $57.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.72% or 1.07 to trade at $63.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1764, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.8797.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.92.