Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Technology and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Software and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.09%, while the MDAX index added 0.17%, and the TecDAX index added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which rose 3.17% or 1.71 points to trade at 55.72 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 2.39% or 0.985 points to end at 42.185 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) was up 2.32% or 3.00 points to 132.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn), which fell 1.98% or 2.69 points to trade at 133.17 at the close. SAP SE (DE:SAPG) declined 1.84% or 2.030 points to end at 108.390 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was down 1.60% or 2.220 points to 136.480.
The top performers on the MDAX were RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which rose 7.74% to 47.340, K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which was up 4.17% to settle at 9.373 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 3.53% to close at 54.250.
The worst performers were Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which was down 2.06% to 35.700 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which lost 1.85% to settle at 88.280 and Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which was down 1.57% to 100.275 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which rose 3.53% to 54.250, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 2.74% to settle at 465.000 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 2.20% to close at 16.587.
The worst performers were Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which was down 2.61% to 29.080 in late trade, Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which lost 2.06% to settle at 35.700 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) which was down 1.84% to 108.390 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 358 to 320 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.74% or 3.400 to 47.340. Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.74% or 12.400 to 465.000. Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.20% or 0.357 to 16.587.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.18% to 22.54.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.98% or 17.55 to $1808.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.40% or 0.79 to hit $57.02 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.55 to trade at $59.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.2030, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 91.102.