Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.59%, while the MDAX index added 0.31%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG), which rose 3.18% or 1.300 points to trade at 42.220 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 2.85% or 0.305 points to end at 11.005 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) was up 2.65% or 0.555 points to 21.495 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn), which fell 1.01% or 1.850 points to trade at 181.400 at the close. Merck KGAA O.N. (DE:MRCG) declined 0.98% or 0.730 points to end at 73.800 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 0.79% or 0.490 points to 61.830.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which rose 4.35% to 49.37, Duerr AG O.N. (DE:DUEG) which was up 4.24% to settle at 66.660 and Tui AG NA (DE:TUIGn) which gained 3.95% to close at 13.170.
The worst performers were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 3.07% to 45.005 in late trade, Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) which lost 2.61% to settle at 31.29 and Hannover Rueckversicherung SE (DE:HNRGn) which was down 1.52% to 100.450 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which rose 5.36% to 3.420, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 4.39% to settle at 41.755 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which gained 4.11% to close at 34.045.
The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 5.34% to 26.595 in late trade, LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which lost 2.45% to settle at 7.522 and STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was down 1.86% to 42.200 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 531 to 301 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) rose to all time highs; up 4.35% or 2.06 to 49.37.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.99% to 19.62 a new 3-months low.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.08% or 13.60 to $1251.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $40.20 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.94% or 0.39 to trade at $41.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1270, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.7779.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 95.06.