Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical, Software and Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Basic Resources and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.28%, while the MDAX index added 0.03%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which rose 1.77% or 1.85 points to trade at 106.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 0.66% or 0.26 points to end at 39.41 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 0.63% or 0.059 points to 9.431 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG), which fell 4.88% or 4.550 points to trade at 88.750 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 1.94% or 0.214 points to end at 10.810 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was down 1.83% or 0.460 points to 24.650.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which rose 2.54% to 73.44, Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was up 2.13% to settle at 9.510 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 2.13% to close at 96.000.
The worst performers were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 2.21% to 24.300 in late trade, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which lost 1.89% to settle at 73.540 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 1.83% to 55.900 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which rose 2.75% to 6.165, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was up 2.74% to settle at 131.350 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 1.98% to close at 92.700.
The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 8.13% to 24.465 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 3.35% to settle at 146.950 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.87% to 59.200 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 393 to 293 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) rose to all time highs; up 2.74% or 3.500 to 131.350.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.86% to 15.86.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1290.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.64% or 0.46 to hit $71.03 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.53 to trade at $78.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1785, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8742.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.50.