Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Insurance and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.06%, while the MDAX index gained 1.06%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.65%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which rose 3.69% or 2.720 points to trade at 76.420 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 2.63% or 0.560 points to end at 21.830 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) was up 2.50% or 4.32 points to 177.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which fell 0.81% or 1.60 points to trade at 195.55 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 0.64% or 0.92 points to end at 142.22 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was down 0.18% or 0.100 points to 55.130.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which rose 6.38% to 35.00, Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which was up 4.64% to settle at 27.50 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 4.18% to close at 112.15.
The worst performers were RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was down 7.26% to 58.100 in late trade, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which lost 6.34% to settle at 21.7300 and Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 2.89% to 30.260 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which rose 7.57% to 19.900, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 5.40% to settle at 8.698 and S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which gained 4.94% to close at 22.08.
The worst performers were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 2.23% to 52.60 in late trade, Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which lost 0.97% to settle at 35.35 and United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was down 0.49% to 49.060 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 513 to 202 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.18% or 0.100 to 55.130. Shares in RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) fell to 5-year lows; down 7.26% or 4.550 to 58.100. Shares in Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.64% or 1.22 to 27.50. Shares in Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) fell to 5-year lows; losing 6.34% or 1.4700 to 21.7300.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 9.22% to 17.83.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.29% or 3.60 to $1254.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.71% or 0.52 to hit $73.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.42 to trade at $79.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.95% to 1.1678, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8848.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.75% at 94.29.