Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.06%, while the MDAX index added 0.07%, and the TecDAX index added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 2.77% or 0.475 points to trade at 17.625 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 2.03% or 0.164 points to end at 8.243 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was up 1.28% or 0.260 points to 20.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which fell 2.06% or 0.720 points to trade at 34.245 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) declined 0.80% or 0.090 points to end at 11.110 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 0.80% or 0.210 points to 25.920.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which rose 3.90% to 70.171, Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was up 2.71% to settle at 35.265 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which gained 2.58% to close at 64.500.
The worst performers were Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was down 1.95% to 51.850 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 1.55% to settle at 18.070 and Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which was down 1.41% to 29.090 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which rose 3.12% to 15.045, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was up 2.03% to settle at 22.640 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 1.68% to close at 53.400.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 6.14% to 11.610 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 1.84% to settle at 10.695 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 1.29% to 4.298 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 412 to 343 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.28% or 0.260 to 20.500.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.69% to 14.71.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.04% or 12.71 to $1210.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.55% or 1.16 to hit $44.36 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.62% or 1.26 to trade at $46.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1400, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.82.