Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Technology and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.74%, while the MDAX index lost 0.81%, and the TecDAX index lost 2.72%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 2.34% or 0.217 points to trade at 9.489 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 2.13% or 4.70 points to end at 225.20 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was up 1.35% or 1.340 points to 100.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 4.18% or 0.389 points to trade at 8.908 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 3.73% or 0.890 points to end at 22.950 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) was down 1.91% or 3.55 points to 182.05.
The top performers on the MDAX were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which rose 4.52% to 8.650, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was up 2.02% to settle at 86.720 and Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which gained 1.41% to close at 18.750.
The worst performers were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was down 6.09% to 109.400 in late trade, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which lost 3.53% to settle at 68.400 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was down 2.69% to 37.640 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which rose 0.72% to 58.500, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 0.24% to settle at 42.100 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which lost 0.09% to close at 22.160.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 6.54% to 124.300 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which lost 5.14% to settle at 35.780 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 4.61% to 138.700 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 490 to 214 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.41% or 0.260 to 18.750.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.84% to 13.27.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 2.22% or 29.10 to $1279.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.20% or 2.14 to hit $64.75 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.37% or 2.56 to trade at $73.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.1606, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.81.