Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Software and Insurance sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Media and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.18%, while the MDAX index fell 0.21%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 1.50% or 0.230 points to trade at 15.565 at the close. Meanwhile, Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) added 1.26% or 0.200 points to end at 16.100 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 1.23% or 2.20 points to 180.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which fell 1.46% or 0.270 points to trade at 18.250 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) declined 1.43% or 1.300 points to end at 89.470 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was down 1.02% or 1.60 points to 155.85.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 1.67% to 63.800, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was up 1.63% to settle at 51.000 and Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which gained 1.62% to close at 36.175.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 1.55% to 35.610 in late trade, Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which lost 1.44% to settle at 29.130 and GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 1.40% to 38.105 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Software AG O.N. (DE:SOWG) which rose 7.93% to 38.880, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was up 4.65% to settle at 36.60 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which gained 1.84% to close at 13.535.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.86% to 23.605 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 2.51% to settle at 11.065 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 1.68% to 4.438 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 376 to 364 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.26% or 0.200 to 16.100. Shares in Software AG O.N. (DE:SOWG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 7.93% or 2.855 to 38.880.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.15% to 21.34.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.70 to $1287.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.29% or 1.16 to hit $49.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.06% or 1.09 to trade at $51.90 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.0692, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8357.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.86.