Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Transportation & Logistics and Chemicals sectors led shares higher while losses in the Software, Telecoms and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.21%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.38%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 4.03% or 1.660 points to trade at 42.870 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 3.64% or 0.700 points to end at 19.920 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was up 3.29% or 1.380 points to 43.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which fell 1.79% or 1.040 points to trade at 57.180 at the close. SAP SE (DE:SAPG) declined 1.54% or 1.350 points to end at 86.420 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 1.45% or 0.225 points to 15.275.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which rose 10.07% to 30.40, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 6.68% to settle at 69.660 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 6.02% to close at 79.43.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 2.84% to 3.418 in late trade, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which lost 2.36% to settle at 30.560 and Scout24 AG (DE:G24n) which was down 1.89% to 40.400 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 12.16% to 16.420, Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was up 8.32% to settle at 25.40 and Aumann AG (DE:AAGG) which gained 6.55% to close at 29.3000.
The worst performers were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 6.02% to 10.00 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 4.62% to settle at 7.325 and Hapag Lloyd AG (DE:HLAG) which was down 4.28% to 22.8000 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 405 to 316 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 1.79% or 1.040 to 57.180. Shares in Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.45% or 0.225 to 15.275. Shares in Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.62% or 0.355 to 7.325. Shares in Hapag Lloyd AG (DE:HLAG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.28% or 1.0200 to 22.8000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.20% to 20.91.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.58% or 7.40 to $1260.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.33% or 0.15 to hit $45.73 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.59 to trade at $53.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1393, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.8994.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 96.252.