Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Construction and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.31%, while the MDAX index fell 0.29%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn), which rose 1.30% or 2.30 points to trade at 178.70 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 0.83% or 0.170 points to end at 20.605 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was up 0.51% or 0.055 points to 10.935 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which fell 1.89% or 1.75 points to trade at 91.01 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 1.43% or 1.000 points to end at 68.700 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was down 1.30% or 2.50 points to 189.25.
The top performers on the MDAX were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which rose 13.18% to 72.550, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was up 1.77% to settle at 12.04 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which gained 1.72% to close at 67.340.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 2.07% to 37.680 in late trade, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which lost 1.82% to settle at 51.930 and Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 1.74% to 33.645 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which rose 2.89% to 50.150, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 0.96% to settle at 16.911 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 0.80% to close at 85.260.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 4.26% to 11.680 in late trade, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which lost 3.02% to settle at 16.205 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.28% to 30.40 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 563 to 193 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 0.83% or 0.170 to 20.605. Shares in STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) rose to all time highs; up 13.18% or 8.450 to 72.550. Shares in Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.74% or 0.595 to 33.645.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 10.67% to 16.64.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 2.02 to $1294.42 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.42% or 1.14 to hit $48.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.72% or 1.39 to trade at $52.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1747, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.9143.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.44.