Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Food & Beverage, Utilities and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.92%, while the MDAX index fell 0.30%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Henkel AG & Co Kgaa Vzo (XETRA:HNKG_p), which rose 0.86% or 0.790 points to trade at 92.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG) added 0.80% or 0.650 points to end at 82.290 and Adidas AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ADSGN) was down 0.28% or 0.160 points to 56.820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which fell 3.68% or 0.905 points to trade at 23.720 at the close. E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) declined 3.66% or 0.495 points to end at 13.045 and Bayer AG NA (XETRA:BAYGN) was down 2.83% or 3.300 points to 113.150.
The top performers on the MDAX were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (XETRA:PSMGn) which rose 2.73% to 36.650, Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which was up 1.94% to settle at 33.664 and Aurubis AG (XETRA:NAFG) which gained 1.51% to close at 47.470.
The worst performers were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which was down 3.70% to 11.595 in late trade, Duerr AG O.N. (XETRA:DUEG) which lost 2.69% to settle at 72.300 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (XETRA:WCHG) which was down 1.92% to 85.360 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were United Internet AG NA (XETRA:UTDI) which rose 3.20% to 38.865, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (XETRA:PV) which was up 1.64% to settle at 69.920 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (XETRA:AFXG) which gained 1.19% to close at 21.710.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 5.96% to 8.482 in late trade, Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which lost 3.14% to settle at 47.415 and QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which was down 2.63% to 1.665 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 488 to 231 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Henkel AG & Co Kgaa Vzo (XETRA:HNKG_p) rose to all time highs; rising 0.86% or 0.790 to 92.430.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) fell to 52 weeks lows; falling 3.68% or 0.905 to 23.720.
Shares in Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG) rose to 52 weeks highs; gaining 0.80% or 0.650 to 82.290.
Shares in Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (XETRA:PSMGn) rose to all time highs; up 2.73% or 0.975 to 36.650.
Shares in United Internet AG NA (XETRA:UTDI) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.20% or 1.205 to 38.865.
Shares in Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) fell to 3 years lows; falling 5.96% or 0.538 to 8.482.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.11.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.67% or 8.10 to $1216.60 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.95% or 0.95 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the February brent oil contract fell 2.72% or 1.39 to trade at $49.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1838, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.7812.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 92.17.