Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical, Software and Retail sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Basic Resources and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.28%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.03%, and the TecDAX index added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which rose 1.77% or 1.85 points to trade at 106.45 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 0.66% or 0.26 points to end at 39.41 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 0.63% or 0.059 points to 9.431 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG), which lost 4.88% or 4.550 points to trade at 88.750 in late trade. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 1.94% or 0.214 points to end at 10.810 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) shed 1.83% or 0.460 points to 24.650.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which rose 2.54% to 73.44, Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was up 2.13% to settle at 9.510 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 2.13% to close at 96.000.
The worst performers were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 2.21% to 24.300 in late trade, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which lost 1.89% to settle at 73.540 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 1.83% to 55.900 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which rose 2.75% to 6.165, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was up 2.74% to settle at 131.350 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 1.98% to close at 92.700.
The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 8.13% to 24.465 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 3.35% to settle at 146.950 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.87% to 59.200 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 393 to 293 and 83 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.86% to 15.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1290.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.62% or 0.44 to hit $71.05 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.66% or 0.52 to trade at $78.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1784, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8742.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.50.