Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Chemicals and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 1.25% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index gained 0.91%, and the TecDAX index added 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which rose 2.14% or 2.55 points to trade at 121.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens AG (DE:SIEGn) added 2.09% or 2.65 points to end at 129.50 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was up 1.99% or 3.45 points to 176.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 0.56% or 0.053 points to trade at 9.354 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 0.27% or 0.050 points to end at 18.160 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 0.13% or 0.020 points to 15.590.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 2.62% to 72.180, Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was up 2.59% to settle at 68.170 and Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which gained 2.52% to close at 75.280.
The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 1.44% to 71.750 in late trade, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which lost 0.94% to settle at 33.795 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was down 0.53% to 35.360 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 6.35% to 11.800, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 3.49% to settle at 13.764 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 2.06% to close at 55.110.
The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 4.04% to 30.515 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 1.78% to settle at 12.705 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 1.64% to 91.080 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 514 to 261 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.14% or 2.55 to 121.60. Shares in Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.99% or 3.45 to 176.50. Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.62% or 1.840 to 72.180. Shares in Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.52% or 1.850 to 75.280.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.31% to 12.04 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.71% or 8.99 to $1275.99 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.41% or 0.68 to hit $47.68 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.65 to trade at $49.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1271, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 96.70.