Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction, Industrials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.46%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.97%, and the TecDAX index added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN), which rose 5.97% or 2.105 points to trade at 37.360 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (XETRA:HEIG) added 3.66% or 2.450 points to end at 69.450 and Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) was up 1.60% or 1.440 points to 91.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p), which lost 1.38% or 2.550 points to trade at 182.400 in late trade. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) declined 1.06% or 0.800 points to end at 74.330 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (XETRA:ALVG) shed 0.86% or 1.300 points to 149.100.
The top performers on the MDAX were Airbus Group (XETRA:AIRG) which rose 3.61% to 64.501, Hochtief AG (XETRA:HOTG) which was up 3.34% to settle at 79.430 and Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which gained 2.94% to close at 78.060.
The worst performers were Tag Immobilien AG (XETRA:TEGG) which was down 2.56% to 10.290 in late trade, Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which lost 1.57% to settle at 15.025 and Brenntag AG (XETRA:BNRGn) which was down 1.02% to 50.630 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which rose 6.55% to 5.401, Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which was up 3.23% to settle at 38.490 and Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which gained 3.12% to close at 3.573.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was down 6.29% to 33.685 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which lost 4.03% to settle at 30.220 and Dialog Semiconductor (XETRA:DLGS) which was down 2.30% to 45.320 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 476 to 260 and 41 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 19.30.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.58% or 6.30 to $1095.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.90% or 0.92 to hit $47.60 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.40% or 0.74 to trade at $52.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.93% to 1.1035, while EUR/GBP rose 0.69% to 0.7056.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.65% at 96.98.