Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Insurance and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Technology and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.39%, while the MDAX index fell 0.29%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 2.99% or 0.365 points to trade at 12.560 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 2.05% or 0.199 points to end at 9.894 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 1.74% or 0.445 points to 25.965 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which fell 2.14% or 2.200 points to trade at 100.600 at the close. K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) declined 1.32% or 0.315 points to end at 23.600 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 0.99% or 0.110 points to 10.995.
The top performers on the MDAX were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which rose 4.04% to 33.720, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was up 2.56% to settle at 58.550 and Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which gained 2.52% to close at 26.880.
The worst performers were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 11.07% to 90.890 in late trade, Duerr AG O.N. (DE:DUEG) which lost 4.65% to settle at 65.690 and Leoni AG NA O.N. (DE:LEOGn) which was down 4.53% to 32.250 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were QSC AG NA O.N. (DE:QSCG) which rose 3.67% to 1.639, Software AG O.N. (DE:SOWG) which was up 3.31% to settle at 25.000 and Drillisch AG O.N. (DE:DRIG) which gained 2.77% to close at 46.155.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was down 3.29% to 5.110 in late trade, LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which lost 2.72% to settle at 8.007 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 1.40% to 38.755 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 411 to 270 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) fell to 52-week lows; losing 11.07% or 11.310 to 90.890. Shares in Leoni AG NA O.N. (DE:LEOGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.53% or 1.530 to 32.250.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.97% to 20.86.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.59% or 7.00 to $1180.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.63% or 0.29 to hit $46.67 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.14 to trade at $49.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1367, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.7360.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 94.68.