Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Insurance, Industrials and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.98%, while the MDAX index lost 0.59%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.33% or 0.290 points to trade at 22.160 at the close. Meanwhile, Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 0.67% or 0.670 points to end at 100.050 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was up 0.45% or 0.038 points to 8.532 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 3.06% or 0.690 points to trade at 21.850 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 2.35% or 1.380 points to end at 57.260 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 2.26% or 3.34 points to 144.66.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which rose 1.72% to 74.050, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 1.21% to settle at 67.140 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which gained 0.96% to close at 52.650.
The worst performers were Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which was down 4.05% to 461.50 in late trade, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which lost 2.90% to settle at 50.20 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 2.77% to 61.68 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 4.41% to 17.420, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 2.83% to settle at 15.430 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 2.56% to close at 120.400.
The worst performers were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 4.22% to 18.620 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which lost 3.86% to settle at 46.840 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 3.03% to 137.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 447 to 249 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) rose to all time highs; up 2.56% or 3.000 to 120.400.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 8.06% to 15.61.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.44% or 5.40 to $1229.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $68.08 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.17 to trade at $72.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.1709, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 94.36.