Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Financial Services and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.01%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.14%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn), which rose 1.99% or 5.50 points to trade at 281.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 1.41% or 0.74 points to end at 53.18 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 1.09% or 0.800 points to 74.480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which fell 3.47% or 5.000 points to trade at 138.900 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) declined 1.25% or 0.285 points to end at 22.570 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.21% or 2.08 points to 170.46.
The top performers on the MDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 3.63% to 107.100, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was up 2.88% to settle at 6.610 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which gained 2.74% to close at 50.960.
The worst performers were Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 2.59% to 29.350 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 2.56% to settle at 114.200 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which was down 2.15% to 129.94 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 3.63% to 107.100, Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was up 1.72% to settle at 34.280 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which gained 1.45% to close at 21.010.
The worst performers were New Work SE (DE:NWOn) which was down 5.69% to 282.00 in late trade, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which lost 3.47% to settle at 138.900 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 2.56% to 114.200 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 360 to 337 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) rose to all time highs; up 1.41% or 0.74 to 53.18. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.63% or 3.750 to 107.100. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.63% or 3.750 to 107.100.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.12% to 14.31.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.50% or 7.95 to $1586.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.74% or 0.38 to hit $51.80 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.54 to trade at $56.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.0844, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8314.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 98.957.