Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverage, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Consumer & Cyclical and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.40% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index added 0.39%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn), which rose 3.07% or 0.845 points to trade at 28.350 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) added 2.89% or 0.325 points to end at 11.565 and Siemens AG NA (XETRA:SIEGn) was up 1.66% or 1.570 points to 95.960 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG), which lost 2.64% or 0.625 points to trade at 23.005 in late trade. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (XETRA:BEIG) declined 2.37% or 1.830 points to end at 75.250 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) shed 1.90% or 0.195 points to 10.055.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (XETRA:KGX) which rose 6.60% to 35.15, Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which was up 2.82% to settle at 9.871 and Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which gained 1.89% to close at 25.940.
The worst performers were Leoni AG NA O.N. (XETRA:LEOGn) which was down 2.91% to 54.450 in late trade, Fielmann AG O.N. (XETRA:FIEG) which lost 2.53% to settle at 58.220 and Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which was down 2.12% to 66.900 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which rose 2.96% to 12.525, Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was up 2.83% to settle at 109.000 and Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which gained 1.92% to close at 3.240.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 4.49% to 7.000 in late trade, Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which lost 3.57% to settle at 41.560 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which was down 2.72% to 110.850 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 379 to 354 and 24 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.41% to 19.74.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.69% or 8.40 to $1229.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 2.99% or 1.53 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 3.11% or 1.84 to trade at $61.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1409, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.7412.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.16.