Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Industrials and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.72%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.05%, and the TecDAX index added 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 28.35% or 3.185 points to trade at 14.420 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde PLC (DE:LINI) added 4.13% or 6.300 points to end at 159.000 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 1.65% or 0.360 points to 22.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn), which fell 3.16% or 1.760 points to trade at 53.890 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 1.99% or 0.375 points to end at 18.475 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was down 1.61% or 1.120 points to 68.600.
The top performers on the MDAX were Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which rose 9.56% to 100.300, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was up 8.81% to settle at 24.895 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which gained 5.00% to close at 15.4300.
The worst performers were Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which was down 3.42% to 23.14 in late trade, Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which lost 1.48% to settle at 54.64 and Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was down 1.27% to 28.66 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which rose 10.12% to 10.3050, Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which was up 9.56% to settle at 100.300 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which gained 4.12% to close at 33.8500.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 6.75% to 18.930 in late trade, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which lost 5.63% to settle at 343.50 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 2.02% to 8.710 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 410 to 297 and 71 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) rose to all time highs; rising 9.56% or 8.750 to 100.300. Shares in Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) fell to 3-years lows; falling 1.27% or 0.37 to 28.66. Shares in Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) rose to all time highs; rising 9.56% or 8.750 to 100.300.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.85% to 18.44.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.60 to $1288.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.32% or 0.20 to hit $61.90 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.44 to trade at $70.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1236, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8625.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 97.058.