Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Chemicals and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.25% to hit a new 1-month low, while the MDAX index lost 1.19%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which rose 1.35% or 0.390 points to trade at 29.260 at the close. Meanwhile, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) added 0.11% or 0.030 points to end at 26.750 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 0.02% or 0.010 points to 60.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 2.94% or 0.675 points to trade at 22.315 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) declined 2.91% or 0.675 points to end at 22.525 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 2.67% or 4.75 points to 173.35.
The top performers on the MDAX were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which rose 1.14% to 11.135, STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which was up 0.70% to settle at 81.950 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which gained 0.62% to close at 53.790.
The worst performers were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 2.77% to 50.15 in late trade, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which lost 2.52% to settle at 14.29 and Hannover Rueck SE (DE:HNRGn) which was down 2.49% to 107.65 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which rose 2.71% to 65.850, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 2.45% to settle at 31.210 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 0.83% to close at 79.970.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 5.75% to 8.043 in late trade, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which lost 5.05% to settle at 11.750 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 4.27% to 77.060 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 534 to 223 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.35% or 0.390 to 29.260. Shares in Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.71% or 1.740 to 65.850.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 14.18% to 16.13 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.71% or 9.04 to $1282.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.78% or 1.02 to hit $58.42 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.80% or 1.13 to trade at $63.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1905, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8819.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 92.78.