Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction, Financial Services and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Software and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.05%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.18%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 1.50% or 0.190 points to trade at 12.880 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) added 0.77% or 0.670 points to end at 87.400 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 0.76% or 0.23 points to 30.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which lost 1.24% or 0.094 points to trade at 7.497 in late trade. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 0.94% or 1.300 points to end at 137.500 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) shed 0.59% or 0.135 points to 22.730.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which rose 2.03% to 41.885, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was up 1.82% to settle at 22.350 and Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which gained 1.15% to close at 88.200.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 1.65% to 29.285 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 1.26% to settle at 22.685 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 0.66% to 36.07 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) which rose 10.34% to 0.032, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was up 4.11% to settle at 52.990 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 1.43% to close at 7.070.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 0.55% to 37.965 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 0.44% to settle at 43.715 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 0.41% to 84.650 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 385 to 348 and 32 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.45% to 15.11.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.31% or 3.55 to $1134.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $52.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $55.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.0448, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8526.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 103.01.