Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Financial Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.06% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index gained 0.14%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 1.29% or 0.265 points to trade at 20.885 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 1.24% or 0.114 points to end at 9.313 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 1.02% or 0.230 points to 22.875 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which fell 4.11% or 3.860 points to trade at 90.150 at the close. Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) declined 1.11% or 1.85 points to end at 165.30 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) was down 0.77% or 0.90 points to 116.55.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 2.96% to 116.55, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was up 2.57% to settle at 23.170 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 1.52% to close at 53.51.
The worst performers were Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 2.69% to 18.480 in late trade, Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which lost 1.89% to settle at 68.259 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was down 1.34% to 12.16 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 6.02% to 102.850, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was up 2.12% to settle at 90.210 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 1.95% to close at 71.000.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.75% to 33.59 in late trade, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which lost 0.81% to settle at 18.401 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 0.73% to 47.200 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 385 to 366 and 36 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) rose to all time highs; up 1.29% or 0.265 to 20.885. Shares in Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.96% or 3.35 to 116.55. Shares in Uniper SE (DE:UN01) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.57% or 0.580 to 23.170. Shares in Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.52% or 0.80 to 53.51. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to all time highs; rising 6.02% or 5.840 to 102.850. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.95% or 1.360 to 71.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.41% to 12.20.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.65 to $1299.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $50.51 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.20 to trade at $56.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1957, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.8841.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 91.89.