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Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.27%

Published 04/23/2021, 12:15 PM
© Reuters.  Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.27%
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Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.27%, while the MDAX index fell 0.31%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.37%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 2.33% or 0.788 points to trade at 34.610 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 2.01% or 2.34 points to end at 118.60 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) was up 1.40% or 1.80 points to 129.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG), which fell 2.34% or 1.090 points to trade at 45.420 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) declined 2.17% or 1.21 points to end at 54.51 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was down 1.54% or 4.15 points to 266.15.

The top performers on the MDAX were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which rose 2.14% to 121.750, Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was up 1.91% to settle at 86.32 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which gained 1.90% to close at 4.936.

The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 2.83% to 75.660 in late trade, LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which lost 2.06% to settle at 116.400 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) which was down 1.85% to 10.369 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which rose 2.49% to 24.680, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which was up 2.33% to settle at 34.610 and Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which gained 2.14% to close at 121.750.

The worst performers were LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which was down 5.95% to 23.080 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 2.83% to settle at 75.660 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 1.70% to 33.500 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 364 to 314 and 68 ended unchanged.

Shares in Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) rose to all time highs; rising 1.91% or 1.62 to 86.32.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.07% to 19.24.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.33% or 5.95 to $1776.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.55% or 0.34 to hit $61.77 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.34 to trade at $65.74 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.2070, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8717.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 90.987.

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