Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Insurance and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.80%, while the MDAX index gained 0.12%, and the TecDAX index added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN), which rose 10.37% or 2.73 points to trade at 29.00 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE (ETR:EONGn) added 1.92% or 0.23 points to end at 12.22 and Munich Reinsurance (ETR:MUVGn) was up 1.88% or 8.50 points to 461.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck KGaA (ETR:MRCG), which fell 1.30% or 2.20 points to trade at 167.55 at the close. Adidas AG (ETR:ADSGN) declined 0.64% or 1.40 points to end at 217.00 and Continental AG O.N. (ETR:CONG) was down 0.44% or 0.26 points to 59.24.
The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which rose 6.28% to 7.34, Evonik Industries AG (ETR:EVKn) which was up 2.80% to settle at 19.27 and Talanx AG NA O.N. (ETR:TLXGn) which gained 2.58% to close at 75.45.
The worst performers were Scout24 AG (ETR:G24n) which was down 4.20% to 66.15 in late trade, Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR:AT1) which lost 1.78% to settle at 2.04 and Befesa SA (ETR:BFSA) which was down 1.68% to 25.80 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:COP1n) which rose 2.35% to 16.10, Energiekontor AG (ETR:EKTG) which was up 1.41% to settle at 57.50 and United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which gained 1.22% to close at 18.29.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which was down 2.21% to 22.16 in late trade, Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which lost 1.88% to settle at 136.00 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was down 1.26% to 62.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 329 to 281 and 28 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 8.67% to 15.47.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.61% or 40.10 to $2,532.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.52% or 1.19 to hit $76.97 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 1.09 to trade at $79.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 102.54.