Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Insurance, Consumer & Cyclical and Financial Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.15%, while the MDAX index gained 0.01%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG), which rose 2.81% or 4.450 points to trade at 162.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 2.45% or 2.050 points to end at 85.740 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was up 2.21% or 2.600 points to 120.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which fell 2.33% or 3.350 points to trade at 140.250 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 1.70% or 0.315 points to end at 18.200 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 1.48% or 0.255 points to 17.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which rose 2.60% to 57.700, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was up 2.51% to settle at 72.220 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which gained 1.91% to close at 34.155.
The worst performers were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 1.71% to 22.750 in late trade, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which lost 1.64% to settle at 79.670 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 1.32% to 37.105 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) which rose 11.11% to 0.040, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 1.70% to settle at 9.693 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 0.94% to close at 69.000.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 1.85% to 8.945 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 1.73% to settle at 56.800 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 1.67% to 44.920 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 390 to 357 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.45% or 2.050 to 85.740. Shares in STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.60% or 1.460 to 57.700. Shares in Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.51% or 1.770 to 72.220. Shares in CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.91% or 0.640 to 34.155.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.90% to 14.32.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.17% or 2.15 to $1239.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.43% or 0.23 to hit $53.13 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.10 to trade at $55.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.0616, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8539.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 100.87.