Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Software and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.64% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index gained 0.74%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 4.47% or 6.50 points to trade at 152.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) added 3.00% or 5.50 points to end at 189.00 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) was up 2.21% or 2.60 points to 120.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 1.70% or 0.205 points to trade at 11.880 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 1.67% or 0.240 points to end at 14.160 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was down 1.19% or 1.080 points to 90.030.
The top performers on the MDAX were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which rose 2.29% to 147.35, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was up 2.18% to settle at 81.650 and Gerresheimer AG (BS:GXId) which gained 1.70% to close at 67.710.
The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 2.07% to 75.870 in late trade, Talanx AG NA O.N. (DE:TLXGn) which lost 1.83% to settle at 34.265 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 0.85% to 41.905 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 11.50% to 12.560, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 3.74% to settle at 17.455 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 3.34% to close at 20.450.
The worst performers were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 4.34% to 12.455 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which lost 1.29% to settle at 76.600 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 0.32% to 138.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 471 to 268 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.00% or 5.50 to 189.00. Shares in MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) rose to all time highs; rising 2.29% or 3.30 to 147.35. Shares in Covestro AG (DE:1COV) rose to all time highs; rising 2.18% or 1.740 to 81.650. Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 3-years highs; up 11.50% or 1.295 to 12.560. Shares in GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.34% or 0.565 to 12.455.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.65% to 11.92.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 2.21 to $1271.81 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.05% or 1.08 to hit $53.72 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.57% or 0.93 to trade at $60.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.1580, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8832.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 94.95.