Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Technology and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 1.02% to hit a new 3-months high, while the MDAX index added 0.56%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1), which rose 3.85% or 6.8500 points to trade at 184.7000 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 2.62% or 0.580 points to end at 22.730 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 2.49% or 0.610 points to 25.150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which fell 2.54% or 1.940 points to trade at 74.540 at the close. Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) declined 0.91% or 1.75 points to end at 189.95 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was down 0.65% or 0.600 points to 91.560.
The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which rose 7.90% to 66.360, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was up 5.50% to settle at 115.100 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 1.81% to close at 71.86.
The worst performers were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 2.00% to 73.460 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 1.69% to settle at 34.860 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 1.66% to 9.102 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which rose 10.18% to 153.75, Software AG (DE:SOWG) which was up 2.33% to settle at 42.200 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 2.26% to close at 142.650.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 8.09% to 43.200 in late trade, Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which lost 5.27% to settle at 24.990 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 2.91% to 21.380 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 457 to 227 and 83 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.48% to 14.96.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1312.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.18% or 1.49 to hit $69.92 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.85% or 1.36 to trade at $74.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1944, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8825.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.50.