Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services, Media and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.27%, while the MDAX index declined 0.61%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 4.54% or 0.339 points to trade at 7.812 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 0.57% or 0.080 points to end at 14.005 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 0.42% or 0.450 points to 106.650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11), which fell 2.26% or 1.85 points to trade at 80.03 at the close. Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) declined 1.62% or 2.500 points to end at 151.850 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 1.29% or 0.250 points to 19.140.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which rose 1.63% to 10.26, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 1.35% to settle at 57.200 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which gained 0.94% to close at 36.900.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 2.58% to 37.020 in late trade, Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which lost 2.28% to settle at 56.63 and Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which was down 1.98% to 54.090 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 3.23% to 57.850, Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was up 1.77% to settle at 28.985 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which gained 1.14% to close at 10.235.
The worst performers were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 2.80% to 17.700 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 2.29% to settle at 49.940 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 2.26% to 9.256 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 486 to 265 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.35% or 0.760 to 57.200. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.23% or 1.810 to 57.850. Shares in Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.77% or 0.505 to 28.985.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.64% to 14.40.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.61% or 7.55 to $1225.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.99% or 0.52 to hit $53.13 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.51 to trade at $55.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.0556, while EUR/GBP rose 0.57% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.90.