Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction, Technology and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.38%, while the MDAX index declined 1.48%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Covestro AG (ETR:1COV), which rose 1.83% or 0.92 points to trade at 51.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) added 1.10% or 2.10 points to end at 192.40 and Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) was up 0.77% or 0.30 points to 39.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which fell 4.65% or 1.16 points to trade at 23.81 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) declined 2.99% or 1.04 points to end at 33.94 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn) was down 1.91% or 0.28 points to 14.46.
The top performers on the MDAX were Scout24 AG (ETR:G24n) which rose 0.92% to 71.25, Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC) which was up 0.77% to settle at 117.20 and Encavis AG (ETR:ECVG) which gained 0.65% to close at 16.98.
The worst performers were Befesa SA (ETR:BFSA) which was down 8.03% to 29.34 in late trade, Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) which lost 7.64% to settle at 38.93 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:TKAG) which was down 5.07% to 4.18 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:COP1n) which rose 0.80% to 25.18, Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) which was up 0.77% to settle at 39.13 and SAP SE (ETR:SAPG) which gained 0.76% to close at 181.06.
The worst performers were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:SMHNn) which was down 6.03% to 59.20 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which lost 3.84% to settle at 28.04 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) which was down 2.99% to 33.94 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 410 to 205 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.84% or 1.12 to 28.04.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.21% to 15.93.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.14% or 27.00 to $2,342.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.18% or 0.15 to hit $81.14 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $85.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 105.45.