Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Basic Resources and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.46%, while the MDAX index added 0.95%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 2.07% or 3.72 points to trade at 183.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 1.73% or 1.21 points to end at 71.01 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 1.67% or 0.345 points to 21.045 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which fell 3.67% or 3.46 points to trade at 90.92 at the close. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) declined 2.25% or 5.70 points to end at 247.30 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was down 1.79% or 0.84 points to 46.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which rose 23.29% to 61.84, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 3.92% to settle at 55.140 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 3.03% to close at 30.250.
The worst performers were Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was down 2.98% to 75.520 in late trade, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which lost 2.25% to settle at 247.30 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 2.07% to 184.500 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 7.56% to 4.270, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 3.01% to settle at 58.250 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which gained 2.86% to close at 8.4240.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 2.07% to 184.500 in late trade, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which lost 1.50% to settle at 22.280 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 1.09% to 104.450 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 421 to 269 and 65 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) rose to all time highs; up 23.29% or 11.68 to 61.84. Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.92% or 2.080 to 55.140. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.01% or 1.700 to 58.250.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 9.26% to 13.91.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.56% or 8.25 to $1480.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.23% or 0.73 to hit $59.91 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.37% or 0.88 to trade at $65.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1121, while EUR/GBP fell 1.26% to 0.8345.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 97.185.