Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Media, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Transportation & Logistics and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.09%, while the MDAX index lost 0.48%, and the TecDAX index added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which rose 2.69% or 0.785 points to trade at 29.960 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 0.78% or 1.10 points to end at 142.80 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) was up 0.63% or 1.15 points to 185.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 2.87% or 0.690 points to trade at 23.365 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 1.61% or 0.59 points to end at 35.97 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was down 1.28% or 1.170 points to 90.530.
The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which rose 1.44% to 22.505, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was up 1.35% to settle at 3.75 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 1.05% to close at 23.660.
The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 2.53% to 56.590 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 2.44% to settle at 38.420 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 2.23% to 78.49 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which rose 4.40% to 29.195, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 4.02% to settle at 10.620 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which gained 1.80% to close at 6.057.
The worst performers were Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was down 3.73% to 262.90 in late trade, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which lost 2.72% to settle at 134.00 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 2.38% to 12.895 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 440 to 307 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Uniper SE (DE:UN01) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.05% or 0.245 to 23.660.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.46% to 12.10.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.54 to $1276.74 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.99% or 1.52 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.81% or 1.60 to trade at $55.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1730, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.8985.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.69.