Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction, Technology and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.47%, while the MDAX index added 0.44%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which rose 2.73% or 1.780 points to trade at 67.040 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 1.97% or 3.54 points to end at 183.46 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.74% or 1.85 points to 108.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn), which fell 0.90% or 0.460 points to trade at 50.680 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 0.36% or 0.17 points to end at 46.87 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 0.31% or 0.080 points to 25.710.
The top performers on the MDAX were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which rose 2.55% to 23.340, Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which was up 2.50% to settle at 63.880 and Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which gained 2.41% to close at 75.780.
The worst performers were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 5.71% to 11.400 in late trade, LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which lost 2.13% to settle at 101.200 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 1.63% to 72.200 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which rose 2.77% to 21.50, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 2.36% to settle at 104.000 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 2.22% to close at 32.240.
The worst performers were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 3.41% to 15.30 in late trade, Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which lost 0.39% to settle at 43.47 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 0.23% to 21.300 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 439 to 247 and 76 ended unchanged.
Shares in K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.71% or 0.690 to 11.400. Shares in Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.50% or 1.560 to 63.880. Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.22% or 0.700 to 32.240.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.50% to 13.06 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 5.15 to $1468.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.67% or 0.95 to hit $57.72 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.14 to trade at $63.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1054, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8565.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 97.860.