Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Financial Services and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.22% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index climbed 1.02%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which rose 3.57% or 2.670 points to trade at 77.540 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 2.65% or 1.820 points to end at 70.380 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 2.23% or 0.65 points to 29.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 2.99% or 0.535 points to trade at 17.340 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 2.85% or 0.690 points to end at 23.510 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 1.28% or 0.210 points to 16.195.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (DE:DWNG) which rose 4.69% to 29.465, RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was up 4.40% to settle at 68.600 and Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which gained 4.13% to close at 57.790.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 2.59% to 34.190 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which lost 2.25% to settle at 36.735 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was down 2.02% to 9.92 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which rose 4.29% to 78.780, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 3.40% to settle at 6.380 and Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which gained 3.04% to close at 26.940.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 8.33% to 40.900 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 2.41% to settle at 19.000 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 1.93% to 8.900 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 468 to 291 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.29% or 3.240 to 78.780. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.40% or 0.210 to 6.380. Shares in Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) rose to all time highs; rising 3.04% or 0.795 to 26.940.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.30% to 16.34.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.99% or 11.60 to $1160.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.30% or 0.66 to hit $51.50 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.27 to trade at $54.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.78% to 1.0534, while EUR/GBP fell 0.79% to 0.8374.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 101.74.