Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Construction and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.66% to hit a new 1-month low, while the MDAX index lost 1.21%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which rose 0.10% or 0.04 points to trade at 34.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) fell 0.88% or 1.50 points to end at 169.35 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was down 0.94% or 1.05 points to 111.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which fell 4.66% or 0.905 points to trade at 18.530 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 3.64% or 5.20 points to end at 137.75 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was down 3.11% or 6.15 points to 191.60.
The top performers on the MDAX were Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which rose 1.76% to 104.000, Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was up 1.06% to settle at 109.500 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which gained 0.57% to close at 63.320.
The worst performers were Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was down 5.45% to 149.95 in late trade, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which lost 3.56% to settle at 22.495 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 3.31% to 45.45 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 2.94% to 11.920, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was up 2.79% to settle at 15.285 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 0.48% to close at 49.435.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 11.37% to 6.538 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 4.36% to settle at 87.910 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 1.67% to 94.740 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 571 to 194 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) fell to 52-week lows; down 11.37% or 0.839 to 6.538.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 11.23% to 14.97.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.51% or 6.34 to $1251.84 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.00% or 0.94 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.89% or 0.93 to trade at $48.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1659, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8991.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.85.