Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Utilities and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Insurance and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.48%, while the MDAX index lost 0.04%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which rose 0.89% or 1.60 points to trade at 181.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 0.73% or 0.175 points to end at 24.215 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 0.53% or 0.090 points to 17.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which fell 1.29% or 0.400 points to trade at 30.720 at the close. BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) declined 1.12% or 1.040 points to end at 91.740 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was down 1.12% or 1.02 points to 89.75.
The top performers on the MDAX were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which rose 2.98% to 12.605, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was up 1.93% to settle at 0.32 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 1.70% to close at 26.000.
The worst performers were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 1.38% to 70.940 in late trade, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which lost 1.38% to settle at 61.600 and Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 1.15% to 44.250 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which rose 2.83% to 17.930, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was up 2.61% to settle at 47.75 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which gained 2.49% to close at 25.950.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 2.07% to 13.500 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 1.30% to settle at 121.300 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was down 1.18% to 27.545 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 411 to 380 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Metro AG (DE:MEOG) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.98% or 0.365 to 12.605.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.22% to 14.15.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.78% or 10.10 to $1307.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.67% or 0.40 to hit $60.24 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.57 to trade at $66.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.65% to 1.2020, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8884.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 91.84.