Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Telecoms and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Industrials, Software and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.04% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index declined 0.23%, and the TecDAX index added 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which rose 4.27% or 4.85 points to trade at 118.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 4.12% or 8.45 points to end at 213.65 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 2.74% or 2.84 points to 106.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG), which fell 1.69% or 1.94 points to trade at 112.60 at the close. Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) declined 1.65% or 2.50 points to end at 148.58 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) was down 1.55% or 1.970 points to 125.110.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 3.10% to 169.53, Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was up 2.83% to settle at 57.915 and Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which gained 1.62% to close at 42.750.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 5.34% to 65.920 in late trade, Knorr-Bremse AG (DE:KBX) which lost 3.88% to settle at 91.74 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 2.78% to 13.27 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which rose 3.76% to 220.50, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 2.67% to settle at 49.300 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which gained 2.39% to close at 34.300.
The worst performers were Suse SA (DE:SUSEG) which was down 5.31% to 37.63 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 2.78% to settle at 13.27 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) which was down 1.55% to 125.110 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 346 to 326 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.10% or 5.10 to 169.53. Shares in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) rose to all time highs; rising 3.76% or 8.00 to 220.50.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.64% to 15.61.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.95 to $1864.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.65% or 0.53 to hit $81.06 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.54 to trade at $82.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1444, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8536.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 95.127.