Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.20%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.47%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 9.35% or 1.600 points to trade at 18.705 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.71% or 0.255 points to end at 15.170 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.66% or 1.70 points to 103.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which lost 1.43% or 0.225 points to trade at 15.535 in late trade. Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) declined 1.02% or 1.75 points to end at 169.55 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) shed 0.84% or 0.7400 points to 87.3900.
The top performers on the MDAX were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which rose 7.39% to 47.055, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was up 4.67% to settle at 35.955 and Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which gained 4.04% to close at 76.000.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 2.42% to 98.60 in late trade, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which lost 1.58% to settle at 33.390 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 1.35% to 21.185 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which rose 5.88% to 41.400, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was up 3.66% to settle at 113.20 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which gained 3.11% to close at 50.520.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.22% to 13.020 in late trade, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which lost 2.06% to settle at 37.27 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 1.52% to 12.005 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 372 to 355 and 20 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.53% to 14.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.10% or 1.25 to $1248.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $47.75 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $50.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.0810, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8653.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 99.43.