Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financial Services, Utilities and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.05%, while the MDAX index fell 0.46%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn), which rose 2.62% or 4.92 points to trade at 192.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) added 2.39% or 1.995 points to end at 85.500 and Linde PLC (DE:LINI) was up 2.22% or 6.050 points to 278.095 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG), which fell 3.90% or 2.84 points to trade at 70.00 at the close. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 3.36% or 2.000 points to end at 57.500 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) was down 3.36% or 2.00 points to 57.46.
The top performers on the MDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 6.14% to 99.200, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was up 2.30% to settle at 6.316 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 2.05% to close at 155.93.
The worst performers were LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was down 4.70% to 128.650 in late trade, Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which lost 4.02% to settle at 26.280 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 3.57% to 74.640 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 6.14% to 99.200, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 2.35% to settle at 40.685 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 1.97% to close at 45.660.
The worst performers were Suse SA (DE:SUSEG) which was down 6.68% to 37.33 in late trade, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which lost 5.55% to settle at 20.78 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.93% to 15.900 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 358 to 354 and 63 ended unchanged.
Shares in Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.39% or 1.995 to 85.500. Shares in Linde PLC (DE:LINI) rose to all time highs; rising 2.22% or 6.050 to 278.095.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.01% to 17.06.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.34% or 24.15 to $1778.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.46% or 0.38 to hit $83.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.23 to trade at $83.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.17% to 1.1543, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8435.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.99% at 94.248.