Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Transportation & Logistics and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.31% to hit a new 3-month high, while the MDAX index added 0.13%, and the TecDAX index added 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 2.46% or 2.600 points to trade at 108.450 at the close. Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) added 1.26% or 0.595 points to end at 47.745 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 1.19% or 0.140 points to 11.920 in late trade.
Biggest losers included RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which lost 1.25% or 0.145 points to trade at 11.465 in late trade. K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) declined 1.23% or 0.300 points to end at 24.130 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) shed 1.11% or 0.275 points to 24.405.
The top performers on the MDAX were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (DE:SZUG) which rose 3.08% to 18.070, Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (DE:DWNG) which was up 1.47% to settle at 25.215 and Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which gained 1.30% to close at 33.775.
The worst performers were Kloeckner & Co SE NA (DE:KCOGn) which was down 1.61% to 8.130 in late trade, Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which lost 1.23% to settle at 87.610 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 1.18% to 50.100 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Kontron AG O.N. (DE:KBCG) which rose 3.28% to 3.146, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 2.95% to settle at 46.985 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 2.55% to close at 174.800.
The worst performers were QSC AG NA O.N. (DE:QSCG) which was down 3.40% to 1.506 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which lost 2.42% to settle at 7.233 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 1.43% to 31.675 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 396 to 293 and 33 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.58% to 20.03.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.60 to $1076.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.14% or 0.06 to hit $41.66 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.30 to trade at $44.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.75% to 1.0654, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.7013.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 99.62.