Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Media and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 2.24%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.63%, and the TecDAX index added 1.78%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 6.47% or 1.100 points to trade at 18.095 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 5.78% or 0.312 points to end at 5.711 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) was up 4.90% or 1.775 points to 37.980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which rose 0.02% or 0.020 points to trade at 84.490 at the close. Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) added 0.28% or 0.350 points to end at 126.900 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG) was up 0.46% or 0.500 points to 109.150.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 5.34% to 96.910, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was up 4.47% to settle at 26.985 and Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which gained 3.98% to close at 27.675.
The worst performers were Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was down 0.49% to 38.950 in late trade, Kuka AG (DE:KU2G) which lost 0.47% to settle at 107.000 and Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which was down 0.40% to 48.834 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which rose 4.02% to 24.735, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 3.73% to settle at 25.315 and Suess Microtec NA O.N. (DE:SMHNn) which gained 3.06% to close at 6.531.
The worst performers were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 2.31% to 51.540 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which lost 0.38% to settle at 5.216 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 0.30% to 63.350 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 656 to 180 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.31% or 1.220 to 51.540.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.84% to 22.33.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.55% or 7.45 to $1354.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.29% or 0.13 to hit $45.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.47% or 0.22 to trade at $46.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1040, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8530.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 96.44.