Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Insurance and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 1.73%, while the MDAX index added 1.24%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 6.19% or 12.40 points to trade at 212.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) added 3.85% or 3.250 points to end at 87.590 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was up 3.74% or 2.450 points to 68.015 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which fell 2.22% or 2.70 points to trade at 119.15 at the close. Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n) declined 1.15% or 0.30 points to end at 25.88 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was down 0.24% or 0.350 points to 144.450.
The top performers on the MDAX were Porsche Automobil Holding SE (DE:PSHG_p) which rose 6.10% to 92.900, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was up 5.91% to settle at 34.420 and Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which gained 4.94% to close at 40.120.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.47% to 17.360 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 2.21% to settle at 465.000 and HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which was down 1.77% to 82.34 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which rose 4.94% to 40.120, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 4.25% to settle at 2.430 and S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which gained 3.17% to close at 20.84.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.47% to 17.360 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 2.21% to settle at 465.000 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 0.54% to 166.250 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 537 to 147 and 70 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 11.67% to 17.87.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.55% or 9.85 to $1810.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.02% or 1.47 to hit $74.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.81% or 1.34 to trade at $75.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1863, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8569.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 92.243.