Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Media and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.04%, while the MDAX index added 0.46%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which rose 6.24% or 0.720 points to trade at 12.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn) added 3.46% or 0.865 points to end at 25.895 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) was up 3.00% or 3.100 points to 106.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG), which fell 2.15% or 0.295 points to trade at 13.445 at the close. Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) declined 1.96% or 1.520 points to end at 76.050 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) was down 0.81% or 0.470 points to 57.670.
The top performers on the MDAX were Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which rose 3.81% to 38.780, Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (XETRA:DWNG) which was up 3.69% to settle at 24.420 and Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which gained 3.39% to close at 8.349.
The worst performers were Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which was down 4.22% to 64.750 in late trade, Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which lost 3.73% to settle at 15.115 and Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) which was down 3.26% to 16.300 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which rose 6.77% to 10.330, Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which was up 4.14% to settle at 2.994 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which gained 3.85% to close at 6.009.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which was down 5.07% to 45.200 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which lost 4.22% to settle at 39.750 and LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) which was down 3.47% to 8.423 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 440 to 235 and 37 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.73% to 21.22 a new 1-month low.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.20% or 13.70 to $1158.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.65% or 0.32 to hit $49.75 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.23 to trade at $52.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.82% to 1.1369, while EUR/GBP rose 1.03% to 0.7422.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 94.87.