Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Technology and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.68%, while the MDAX index fell 0.63%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.86%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE (DE:EONGn), which rose 1.92% or 0.203 points to trade at 10.760 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 1.70% or 0.88 points to end at 52.78 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) was up 1.50% or 1.72 points to 116.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p), which fell 6.11% or 33.600 points to trade at 516.200 at the close. Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) declined 3.90% or 5.56 points to end at 136.99 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) was down 2.87% or 1.285 points to 43.490.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) which rose 4.85% to 6.227, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was up 2.10% to settle at 61.270 and Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which gained 1.85% to close at 16.000.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 6.39% to 2.301 in late trade, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which lost 3.25% to settle at 8.880 and Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 2.81% to 39.420 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Suse SA (DE:SUSEG) which rose 3.53% to 36.63, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was up 0.49% to settle at 185.40 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 0.22% to close at 137.300.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 6.39% to 2.301 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 6.11% to settle at 516.200 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.68% to 14.140 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 458 to 247 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.81% or 1.140 to 39.420.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.65% to 24.15.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.27% or 4.75 to $1761.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.29% or 0.22 to hit $75.25 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.31 to trade at $78.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1595, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8550.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.058.