Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Media and Construction sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Technology and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.61%, while the MDAX index lost 0.36%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Linde PLC (DE:LINI), which rose 2.54% or 6.400 points to trade at 258.150 at the close. Meanwhile, Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) added 0.96% or 1.20 points to end at 126.20 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 0.49% or 0.145 points to 30.030 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which fell 4.24% or 2.950 points to trade at 66.670 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 3.86% or 1.780 points to end at 44.385 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was down 1.85% or 1.075 points to 57.120.
The top performers on the MDAX were Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which rose 2.76% to 45.255, Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which was up 2.42% to settle at 146.050 and Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which gained 2.11% to close at 42.130.
The worst performers were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 3.64% to 93.76 in late trade, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) which lost 3.36% to settle at 9.548 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 3.21% to 28.35 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which rose 2.84% to 116.000, Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was up 2.76% to settle at 45.255 and Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which gained 2.42% to close at 146.050.
The worst performers were TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 3.21% to 28.35 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 2.57% to settle at 20.815 and LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which was down 2.26% to 21.660 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 417 to 276 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in Linde PLC (DE:LINI) rose to all time highs; up 2.54% or 6.400 to 258.150.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 8.08% to 20.20.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.63% or 11.50 to $1819.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.26% or 0.19 to hit $73.81 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.21 to trade at $75.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1862, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8526.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 92.132.