Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.94%, while the MDAX index added 0.89%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 4.01% or 0.700 points to trade at 18.145 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 2.81% or 0.208 points to end at 7.616 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 2.22% or 2.250 points to 103.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which fell 0.67% or 0.21 points to trade at 30.95 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 0.18% or 0.350 points to end at 189.000 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was down 0.04% or 0.050 points to 114.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which rose 3.77% to 41.200, Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was up 3.03% to settle at 37.200 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 2.85% to close at 39.76.
The worst performers were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 3.02% to 54.990 in late trade, Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which lost 2.15% to settle at 408.250 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 1.38% to 35.84 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 3.75% to 25.160, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 3.24% to settle at 8.850 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which gained 1.86% to close at 34.00.
The worst performers were Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was down 2.15% to 181.900 in late trade, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which lost 0.92% to settle at 41.260 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 0.52% to 21.120 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 529 to 219 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.22% or 2.250 to 103.600. Shares in Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.03% or 1.095 to 37.200.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 8.49% to 14.69 a new 52-week low.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.40% or 4.80 to $1195.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.81% or 0.43 to hit $52.58 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.33 to trade at $55.68 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.0627, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8712.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 101.32.