Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Retail, Technology and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.42%, while the MDAX index declined 0.37%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Mercedes Benz Group AG (DE:DAIGn), which rose 6.62% or 4.615 points to trade at 74.365 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) added 2.53% or 2.350 points to end at 95.120 and Porsche Automobil Holding SE (DE:PSHG_p) was up 2.32% or 1.990 points to 87.630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which fell 12.21% or 5.71 points to trade at 41.05 at the close. Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) declined 4.05% or 17.800 points to end at 421.300 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) was down 3.78% or 2.46 points to 62.62.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 4.88% to 102.675, Befesa SA (DE:BFSA) which was up 3.91% to settle at 66.50 and K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which gained 2.41% to close at 20.410.
The worst performers were AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) which was down 6.22% to 13.50 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 3.37% to settle at 14.91 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 3.27% to 133.000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which rose 1.49% to 32.700, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 1.47% to settle at 13.120 and Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which gained 1.42% to close at 47.070.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 4.11% to 112.000 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 4.05% to settle at 421.300 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.68% to 26.805 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 440 to 247 and 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) fell to 52-week lows; losing 12.21% or 5.71 to 41.05. Shares in Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.78% or 2.46 to 62.62. Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) rose to all time highs; up 4.88% or 4.775 to 102.675. Shares in AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) fell to all time lows; down 6.22% or 0.89 to 13.50. Shares in K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.41% or 0.480 to 20.410.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 10.17% to 23.07.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.23% or 4.30 to $1841.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.37% or 2.13 to hit $92.01 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.05% or 1.87 to trade at $93.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1392, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.8379.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.770.