Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Transportation & Logistics and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Software, Telecoms and Food & Beverages sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.21%, while the MDAX index gained 0.38%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 4.03% or 1.660 points to trade at 42.870 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 3.64% or 0.700 points to end at 19.920 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was up 3.29% or 1.380 points to 43.280 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which lost 1.79% or 1.040 points to trade at 57.180 in late trade. SAP SE (DE:SAPG) declined 1.54% or 1.350 points to end at 86.420 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) shed 1.45% or 0.225 points to 15.275.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which rose 10.07% to 30.40, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 6.68% to settle at 69.660 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which gained 6.02% to close at 79.43.
The worst performers were Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 2.84% to 3.418 in late trade, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which lost 2.36% to settle at 30.560 and Scout24 AG (DE:G24n) which was down 1.89% to 40.400 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 12.16% to 16.420, Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was up 8.32% to settle at 25.40 and Aumann AG (DE:AAGG) which gained 6.55% to close at 29.3000.
The worst performers were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 6.02% to 10.00 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 4.62% to settle at 7.325 and Hapag Lloyd AG (DE:HLAG) which was down 4.28% to 22.8000 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 405 to 316 and 58 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.20% to 20.91.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.56% or 7.10 to $1260.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.48% or 0.22 to hit $45.66 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.65 to trade at $53.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1393, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.8994.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 96.252.