Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Construction and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Transportation & Logistics and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.07%, while the MDAX index gained 0.29%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which rose 1.26% or 1.40 points to trade at 112.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 1.06% or 0.82 points to end at 78.48 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was up 1.03% or 0.840 points to 82.640 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which fell 5.75% or 1.570 points to trade at 25.720 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 2.55% or 1.00 points to end at 38.28 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was down 1.34% or 3.00 points to 220.90.
The top performers on the MDAX were Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which rose 3.31% to 70.250, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was up 2.71% to settle at 37.920 and Gerresheimer AG (BS:GXId) which gained 2.02% to close at 66.695.
The worst performers were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 7.28% to 10.055 in late trade, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which lost 5.71% to settle at 43.270 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 2.57% to 13.08 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 4.87% to 17.560, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 3.98% to settle at 122.900 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which gained 3.76% to close at 14.910.
The worst performers were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 4.33% to 32.00 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 1.62% to settle at 17.570 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 1.40% to 15.850 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 448 to 270 and 76 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.87% or 0.815 to 17.560. Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.98% or 4.700 to 122.900.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.32% to 17.10 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.29% or 3.80 to $1325.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.86% or 1.72 to hit $61.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.61% or 1.66 to trade at $65.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.2327, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 89.98.