Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Utilities, Retail and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.26% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index gained 0.19%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 1.49% or 2.200 points to trade at 150.150 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.07% or 0.125 points to end at 11.815 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 0.82% or 0.140 points to 17.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which lost 1.39% or 1.130 points to trade at 80.450 in late trade. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) declined 1.25% or 0.155 points to end at 12.270 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) shed 1.11% or 1.750 points to 156.100.
The top performers on the MDAX were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which rose 1.90% to 40.550, Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which was up 1.49% to settle at 12.560 and Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which gained 1.43% to close at 31.585.
The worst performers were Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was down 0.78% to 133.050 in late trade, Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which lost 0.75% to settle at 62.350 and Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was down 0.49% to 86.900 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which rose 1.43% to 88.820, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 1.17% to settle at 55.260 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which gained 1.12% to close at 8.600.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 1.69% to 70.500 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 1.44% to settle at 44.025 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 1.41% to 79.490 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 388 to 369 and 25 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.39% to 17.85.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.19% or 2.25 to $1155.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $53.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.16 to trade at $56.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.0550, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8542.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 102.17.