Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Construction and Consumer & Cyclical sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Utilities and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.42%, while the MDAX index fell 0.36%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 3.14% or 0.470 points to trade at 15.460 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) added 3.13% or 5.50 points to end at 181.00 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 1.64% or 0.435 points to 26.915 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which lost 3.05% or 0.785 points to trade at 24.955 in late trade. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 2.49% or 0.575 points to end at 22.475 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) shed 1.88% or 1.72 points to 89.79.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which rose 7.11% to 60.720, Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was up 1.64% to settle at 35.995 and Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which gained 1.30% to close at 151.40.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 3.77% to 3.37 in late trade, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which lost 2.52% to settle at 40.08 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 2.26% to 14.51 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 10.74% to 138.650, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 8.81% to settle at 14.630 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 4.37% to close at 64.440.
The worst performers were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 8.67% to 10.960 in late trade, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which lost 5.68% to settle at 15.742 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.39% to 7.376 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 449 to 308 and 26 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.28% to 14.49 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.84% or 10.86 to $1276.64 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.93% or 0.53 to hit $56.64 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.44 to trade at $63.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1657, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8829.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 94.31.