Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Food & Beverages and Insurance sectors led shares higher while losses in the Software, Financial Services and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.36%, while the MDAX index declined 0.76%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which rose 2.12% or 0.570 points to trade at 27.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) added 1.98% or 0.260 points to end at 13.410 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 1.49% or 0.295 points to 20.110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which fell 2.83% or 5.05 points to trade at 173.50 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 1.18% or 0.108 points to end at 9.033 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was down 0.64% or 0.700 points to 108.850.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 3.85% to 110.700, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 3.36% to settle at 133.65 and Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which gained 0.92% to close at 63.720.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 4.02% to 0.27 in late trade, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which lost 3.44% to settle at 82.460 and Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which was down 2.83% to 547.00 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which rose 1.72% to 35.400, Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which was up 1.43% to settle at 27.750 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 1.42% to close at 19.315.
The worst performers were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 4.36% to 14.250 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 2.58% to settle at 17.350 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 2.55% to 5.915 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 346 to 344 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) fell to all time lows; down 4.02% or 0.01 to 0.27. Shares in RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) rose to all time highs; up 1.72% or 0.600 to 35.400. Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.42% or 0.270 to 19.315.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 10.14% to 15.44 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.41% or 5.40 to $1312.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.70% or 1.04 to hit $62.23 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.91 to trade at $66.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.2285, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 90.23.