Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Consumer & Cyclical and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.13%, while the MDAX index added 0.17%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 5.83% or 0.457 points to trade at 8.294 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 2.13% or 0.380 points to end at 18.260 and Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11) was up 1.32% or 1.04 points to 80.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which fell 1.85% or 0.60 points to trade at 32.05 at the close. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) declined 1.05% or 0.890 points to end at 83.540 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was down 1.04% or 0.150 points to 14.340.
The top performers on the MDAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which rose 2.74% to 36.78, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was up 2.72% to settle at 38.550 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which gained 2.07% to close at 57.750.
The worst performers were RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was down 2.22% to 73.440 in late trade, Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which lost 1.54% to settle at 37.740 and Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (DE:DWNG) which was down 1.38% to 31.065 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 8.71% to 8.400, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was up 4.20% to settle at 47.765 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 3.89% to close at 47.560.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.73% to 58.130 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 0.84% to settle at 27.260 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 0.70% to 12.055 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 373 to 365 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) rose to all time highs; up 2.07% or 1.170 to 57.750. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 8.71% or 0.673 to 8.400. Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.20% or 1.925 to 47.765.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.63% to 14.62.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.32% or 3.85 to $1199.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.89% or 0.44 to hit $48.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.48 to trade at $51.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.87% to 1.0668, while EUR/GBP rose 0.92% to 0.8773.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 101.44.