Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Software, Utilities and Insurance sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Technology and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.85%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.07%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 3.64% or 0.316 points to trade at 8.992 at the close. Meanwhile, SAP SE (DE:SAPG) added 2.42% or 2.460 points to end at 104.100 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was up 1.63% or 1.310 points to 81.630 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which fell 1.37% or 0.280 points to trade at 20.100 at the close. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 1.20% or 1.060 points to end at 86.920 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was down 1.12% or 0.820 points to 72.420.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which rose 4.33% to 56.36, Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) which was up 2.34% to settle at 14.0050 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which gained 2.33% to close at 33.400.
The worst performers were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was down 2.27% to 38.32 in late trade, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which lost 1.96% to settle at 66.040 and Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 1.82% to 53.950 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which rose 3.68% to 42.840, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 2.23% to settle at 30.320 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 1.43% to close at 3.545.
The worst performers were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 2.81% to 45.00 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which lost 2.51% to settle at 124.300 and S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was down 2.47% to 25.26 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 407 to 304 and 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.96% or 1.320 to 66.040.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.39% to 13.44 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.78% or 9.40 to $1201.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.94% or 0.66 to hit $70.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.19 to trade at $78.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1742, while EUR/GBP rose 1.22% to 0.8983.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 93.85.