Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Transportation & Logistics and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.38%, while the MDAX index fell 0.15%, and the TecDAX index added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG), which rose 4.37% or 3.60 points to trade at 85.90 at the close. Meanwhile, HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) added 3.38% or 3.08 points to end at 94.16 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) was up 2.24% or 12.600 points to 574.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 4.62% or 0.525 points to trade at 10.830 at the close. Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) declined 3.41% or 3.86 points to end at 109.48 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) was down 2.88% or 5.38 points to 181.22.
The top performers on the MDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which rose 3.31% to 187.400, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 2.77% to settle at 113.250 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which gained 2.47% to close at 13.05.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 4.84% to 2.397 in late trade, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which lost 4.38% to settle at 59.360 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was down 3.77% to 6.690 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which rose 3.31% to 187.400, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 2.77% to settle at 113.250 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which gained 2.47% to close at 13.05.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 4.84% to 2.397 in late trade, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) which lost 1.34% to settle at 16.494 and 11 AG (DE:1U1) which was down 1.06% to 26.140 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 430 to 277 and 65 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.34% to 17.62 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.21% or 3.95 to $1857.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.65% or 2.86 to hit $75.55 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.41% or 2.77 to trade at $78.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.1316, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8401.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 95.838.