Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Insurance, Media and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Retail and Software sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.11%, while the MDAX index lost 0.45%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG), which rose 2.30% or 4.46 points to trade at 197.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n) added 2.03% or 0.47 points to end at 23.64 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 1.93% or 0.89 points to 47.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which fell 4.08% or 7.68 points to trade at 180.50 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 1.93% or 6.11 points to end at 311.07 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 1.12% or 0.345 points to 30.520.
The top performers on the MDAX were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which rose 4.78% to 15.8950, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was up 2.49% to settle at 5.310 and Hannover Rueck SE (DE:HNRGn) which gained 2.44% to close at 149.00.
The worst performers were Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which was down 7.33% to 954.00 in late trade, AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) which lost 7.19% to settle at 37.45 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.70% to 44.625 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which rose 2.37% to 22.500, 11 AG (DE:1U1) which was up 2.22% to settle at 25.820 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 1.16% to close at 47.060.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.70% to 44.625 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 2.83% to settle at 529.000 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 2.63% to 25.96 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 389 to 301 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.70% or 1.715 to 44.625. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.70% or 1.715 to 44.625.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.06% to 17.61.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 2.56% or 46.25 to $1762.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.88% or 0.61 to hit $68.48 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.37 to trade at $70.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.1760, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8479.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.60% at 92.808.