Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction, Chemicals and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.80%, while the MDAX index added 1.00%, and the TecDAX index added 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which rose 3.13% or 2.560 points to trade at 84.440 at the close. Meanwhile, BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) added 2.77% or 2.330 points to end at 86.590 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was up 2.06% or 0.375 points to 18.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 1.30% or 0.260 points to trade at 19.730 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 0.83% or 0.780 points to end at 92.770 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 0.33% or 0.029 points to 8.797.
The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which rose 3.56% to 70.470, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was up 3.32% to settle at 23.320 and Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which gained 2.32% to close at 75.426.
The worst performers were Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was down 3.31% to 17.220 in late trade, Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which lost 1.34% to settle at 35.720 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 0.78% to 45.05 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 3.99% to 86.290, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 3.20% to settle at 13.540 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which gained 2.24% to close at 130.25.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.02% to 27.585 in late trade, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which lost 0.96% to settle at 13.470 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 0.80% to 53.290 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 464 to 273 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.06% or 0.375 to 18.600. Shares in Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) rose to all time highs; up 3.56% or 2.420 to 70.470. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to all time highs; rising 3.99% or 3.310 to 86.290. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to all time highs; up 3.20% or 0.420 to 13.540. Shares in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.24% or 2.85 to 130.25.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.31% to 12.30.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.65% or 8.36 to $1271.14 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.85% or 0.39 to hit $46.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.48 to trade at $48.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1196, while EUR/GBP rose 0.70% to 0.8795.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 97.27.