Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical, Basic Resources and Transportation & Logistics sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.15% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index gained 0.91%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 6.90% or 11.80 points to trade at 182.80 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 4.45% or 1.120 points to end at 26.300 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was up 3.10% or 2.020 points to 67.140 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which lost 0.51% or 0.46 points to trade at 89.66 in late trade. Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) declined 0.37% or 0.70 points to end at 188.20 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) shed 0.34% or 0.320 points to 92.560.
The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 6.23% to 0.51, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was up 2.93% to settle at 114.300 and Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which gained 2.85% to close at 558.90.
The worst performers were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 12.68% to 11.395 in late trade, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which lost 1.03% to settle at 25.040 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 0.85% to 22.160 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which rose 5.43% to 32.640, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 3.35% to settle at 14.200 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 3.13% to close at 59.250.
The worst performers were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 5.04% to 13.750 in late trade, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which lost 1.87% to settle at 44.50 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 1.40% to 10.920 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 488 to 232 and 96 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.23% to 12.61.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.57% or 7.50 to $1334.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.06% or 0.68 to hit $63.27 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.05% or 0.73 to trade at $68.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.2239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8828.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 90.33.