Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Construction and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retail, Industrials and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.01%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.13%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which rose 3.23% or 5.60 points to trade at 178.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) added 1.95% or 1.780 points to end at 92.830 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 1.55% or 0.220 points to 14.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn), which fell 1.28% or 1.50 points to trade at 115.90 at the close. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) declined 1.27% or 1.110 points to end at 86.300 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.15% or 1.65 points to 141.55.
The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which rose 2.42% to 68.060, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was up 2.07% to settle at 98.640 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which gained 1.56% to close at 41.705.
The worst performers were Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was down 1.38% to 80.250 in late trade, Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which lost 1.32% to settle at 36.235 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 1.26% to 34.600 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Software AG (DE:SOWG) which rose 3.50% to 41.965, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 1.97% to settle at 36.505 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 1.53% to close at 78.800.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 8.80% to 18.765 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 3.73% to settle at 8.934 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.53% to 34.03 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 427 to 327 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.56% or 0.640 to 41.705. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.73% or 0.346 to 8.934.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.65% to 12.16.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 6.78 to $1283.22 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $51.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $57.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1783, while EUR/GBP fell 0.87% to 0.8929.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 93.52.