Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Basic Resources and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Construction and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.05%, while the MDAX index lost 0.22%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which rose 2.29% or 3.70 points to trade at 164.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 1.82% or 0.590 points to end at 33.000 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was up 1.79% or 0.158 points to 8.995 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which fell 2.22% or 1.9300 points to trade at 85.0000 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 1.82% or 0.61 points to end at 33.23 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 1.33% or 0.205 points to 15.205.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 3.76% to 109.000, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was up 3.56% to settle at 49.870 and Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which gained 2.91% to close at 61.336.
The worst performers were Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 4.72% to 37.265 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 4.52% to settle at 19.635 and Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 3.01% to 70.180 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 5.18% to 63.000, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was up 4.55% to settle at 5.034 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 3.92% to close at 66.000.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 2.28% to 10.090 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which lost 1.04% to settle at 41.720 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 0.86% to 38.66 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 383 to 377 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.29% or 3.70 to 164.95. Shares in Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) rose to all time highs; up 1.82% or 0.590 to 33.000. Shares in Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.56% or 1.715 to 49.870. Shares in Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) rose to all time highs; up 2.91% or 1.736 to 61.336. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; rising 5.18% or 3.100 to 63.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.25% to 14.37.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.16% or 1.97 to $1267.87 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $49.03 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $51.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.0892, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8415.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 98.93.