Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Transportation & Logistics and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retail, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.38%, while the MDAX index gained 0.37%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1), which rose 1.50% or 3.2000 points to trade at 216.0000 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 1.48% or 0.410 points to end at 28.060 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 1.32% or 2.45 points to 187.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which fell 3.08% or 2.120 points to trade at 66.600 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.34% or 0.280 points to end at 20.620 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 0.81% or 0.078 points to 9.601.
The top performers on the MDAX were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which rose 2.47% to 58.100, Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was up 2.41% to settle at 33.98 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which gained 2.07% to close at 107.36.
The worst performers were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 2.83% to 47.37 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which lost 1.50% to settle at 115.00 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 1.30% to 41.110 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 6.71% to 11.717, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 3.31% to settle at 126.500 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 2.93% to close at 96.500.
The worst performers were Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which was down 2.19% to 37.81 in late trade, Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which lost 2.11% to settle at 40.830 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.74% to 31.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 429 to 272 and 79 ended unchanged.
Shares in Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1) rose to all time highs; up 1.50% or 3.2000 to 216.0000. Shares in Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.07% or 2.18 to 107.36. Shares in Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.30% or 0.540 to 41.110.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.30% to 14.12.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.35% or 4.40 to $1242.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.80% or 0.56 to hit $70.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 0.93 to trade at $75.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1666, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8828.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.59.