Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Consumer & Cyclical and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.00%, while the MDAX index declined 0.24%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG), which rose 3.06% or 0.68 points to trade at 22.90 at the close. Meanwhile, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn) added 2.52% or 4.65 points to end at 189.35 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) was up 1.39% or 0.54 points to 38.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G), which fell 7.62% or 8.08 points to trade at 98.02 at the close. Adidas AG (ETR:ADSGN) declined 2.47% or 4.88 points to end at 192.52 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:FREG) was down 1.71% or 0.49 points to 28.09.
The top performers on the MDAX were RTL Group SA (ETR:RRTL) which rose 3.60% to 34.00, Encavis AG (ETR:ECVG) which was up 3.24% to settle at 14.81 and Bechtle AG (ETR:BC8G) which gained 3.16% to close at 45.70.
The worst performers were Puma SE (ETR:PUMG) which was down 4.00% to 52.86 in late trade, Scout24 AG (ETR:G24n) which lost 3.47% to settle at 61.74 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 1.70% to 10.11 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Bechtle AG (ETR:BC8G) which rose 3.16% to 45.70, Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which was up 2.83% to settle at 92.60 and SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which gained 2.47% to close at 58.00.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which was down 2.44% to 32.75 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which lost 1.70% to settle at 10.11 and United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which was down 1.40% to 19.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 363 to 279 and 31 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.24% to 12.64 a new 3-years low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.11% or 2.20 to $2,047.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $71.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $76.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.76% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.35% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 102.06.