Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Chemicals and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.32% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index gained 0.38%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p), which rose 9.90% or 29.90 points to trade at 331.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (ETR:MRCG) added 5.98% or 8.80 points to end at 155.90 and Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p) was up 3.38% or 2.50 points to 76.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG), which fell 6.03% or 2.21 points to trade at 34.42 at the close. Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) declined 3.29% or 10.80 points to end at 317.00 and Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN) was down 0.95% or 0.31 points to 32.32.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) which rose 4.15% to 42.94, HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which was up 3.74% to settle at 13.44 and GEA Group AG (ETR:G1AG) which gained 2.91% to close at 37.13.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which was down 3.31% to 83.66 in late trade, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which lost 2.72% to settle at 26.44 and TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which was down 2.63% to 13.34 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which rose 13.97% to 40.95, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which was up 9.90% to settle at 331.80 and Bechtle AG (ETR:BC8G) which gained 2.76% to close at 49.95.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which was down 3.31% to 83.66 in late trade, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which lost 2.72% to settle at 26.44 and TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which was down 2.63% to 13.34 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 352 to 267 and 37 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.15% or 1.71 to 42.94. Shares in Bechtle AG (ETR:BC8G) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.76% or 1.34 to 49.95.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.31% to 13.14.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.03% or 0.65 to $2,017.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.42% or 1.10 to hit $76.26 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.90 to trade at $81.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 103.18.