Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Retail and Insurance sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.26% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index gained 0.19%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 1.49% or 2.200 points to trade at 150.150 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.07% or 0.125 points to end at 11.815 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 0.82% or 0.140 points to 17.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which fell 1.39% or 1.130 points to trade at 80.450 at the close. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) declined 1.25% or 0.155 points to end at 12.270 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was down 1.11% or 1.750 points to 156.100.
The top performers on the MDAX were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which rose 1.90% to 40.550, Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which was up 1.49% to settle at 12.560 and Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which gained 1.43% to close at 31.585.
The worst performers were Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was down 0.78% to 133.050 in late trade, Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which lost 0.75% to settle at 62.350 and Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was down 0.49% to 86.900 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which rose 1.43% to 88.820, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 1.17% to settle at 55.260 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which gained 1.12% to close at 8.600.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 1.69% to 70.500 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 1.44% to settle at 44.025 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 1.41% to 79.490 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 388 to 369 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.43% or 0.445 to 31.585.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.39% to 17.85.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.19% or 2.15 to $1155.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $53.68 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.25% or 0.14 to trade at $56.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.0551, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8545.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 102.17.