Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Media and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Transportation & Logistics and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.11%, while the MDAX index gained 0.08%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which rose 1.26% or 1.130 points to trade at 90.630 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 1.21% or 1.30 points to end at 109.00 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 1.18% or 0.245 points to 21.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which fell 0.87% or 0.305 points to trade at 34.730 at the close. Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) declined 0.81% or 1.35 points to end at 164.85 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) was down 0.72% or 0.80 points to 110.85.
The top performers on the MDAX were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which rose 3.56% to 83.200, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 3.51% to settle at 54.620 and Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which gained 3.13% to close at 3.92.
The worst performers were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was down 1.25% to 11.84 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 1.05% to settle at 17.985 and Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was down 1.04% to 37.015 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which rose 3.23% to 6.000, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 2.46% to settle at 11.655 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.36% to close at 16.235.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.11% to 30.67 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which lost 1.30% to settle at 42.135 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 0.93% to 49.000 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 441 to 325 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.18% or 0.245 to 21.040. Shares in STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) rose to all time highs; rising 3.56% or 2.860 to 83.200. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.36% or 0.375 to 16.235.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.87% to 15.01.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.42% or 5.42 to $1297.42 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.55% or 0.26 to hit $47.69 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.16 to trade at $52.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.71% to 1.1884, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.9227.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 92.65.