Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Utilities and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.17%, while the MDAX index fell 0.07%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which rose 1.35% or 2.75 points to trade at 206.95 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) added 0.90% or 0.830 points to end at 93.450 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was up 0.64% or 0.420 points to 66.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which lost 1.67% or 0.235 points to trade at 13.810 in late trade. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) declined 1.43% or 1.60 points to end at 110.25 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) shed 1.13% or 0.230 points to 20.170.
The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which rose 2.07% to 20.980, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was up 1.81% to settle at 12.38 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 1.79% to close at 52.24.
The worst performers were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 2.09% to 40.99 in late trade, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which lost 1.99% to settle at 20.900 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was down 1.80% to 34.040 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 4.84% to 92.880, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was up 2.47% to settle at 132.80 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 1.80% to close at 4.571.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 4.56% to 32.315 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 3.62% to settle at 9.541 and Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which was down 1.60% to 26.750 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 457 to 288 and 44 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.36% to 12.11.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.12 to $1327.18 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.34% or 0.17 to hit $49.72 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $55.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1957, while EUR/GBP fell 0.98% to 0.8809.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 91.80.