Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Construction and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 1.34% to hit a new 1-month low, while the MDAX index lost 1.39%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p), which rose 1.87% or 4.50 points to trade at 245.70 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) added 1.14% or 2.05 points to end at 182.25 and E.ON SE (ETR:EONGn) was up 1.10% or 0.14 points to 12.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Continental AG O.N. (ETR:CONG), which lost 6.27% or 3.68 points to trade at 55.00 in late trade. Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) declined 5.30% or 26.80 points to end at 479.20 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG) shed 4.41% or 0.63 points to 13.77.
The top performers on the MDAX were LEG Immobilien AG (ETR:LEGn) which rose 1.50% to 77.20, Stabilus (ETR:STM1) which was up 1.49% to settle at 47.75 and Hochtief AG (ETR:HOTG) which gained 1.17% to close at 99.45.
The worst performers were Knorr-Bremse AG (ETR:KBX) which was down 4.54% to 70.40 in late trade, Sixt SE (ETR:SIXG) which lost 4.43% to settle at 67.95 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (ETR:GBFG) which was down 3.83% to 47.70 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which rose 1.87% to 245.70, Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which was up 1.08% to settle at 234.00 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which gained 0.72% to close at 8.40.
The worst performers were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:SMHNn) which was down 4.39% to 61.00 in late trade, Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which lost 4.22% to settle at 76.00 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) which was down 3.77% to 36.50 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 439 to 168 and 25 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 12.02% to 15.44 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.18% or 27.25 to $2,345.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $78.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $82.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 105.21.