Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Financial Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.06% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index added 0.14%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 1.29% or 0.265 points to trade at 20.885 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 1.24% or 0.114 points to end at 9.313 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 1.02% or 0.230 points to 22.875 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which lost 4.11% or 3.860 points to trade at 90.150 in late trade. Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) declined 1.11% or 1.85 points to end at 165.30 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) shed 0.77% or 0.90 points to 116.55.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 2.96% to 116.55, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was up 2.57% to settle at 23.170 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 1.52% to close at 53.51.
The worst performers were Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 2.69% to 18.480 in late trade, Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which lost 1.89% to settle at 68.259 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was down 1.34% to 12.16 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 6.02% to 102.850, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was up 2.12% to settle at 90.210 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 1.95% to close at 71.000.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.75% to 33.59 in late trade, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which lost 0.81% to settle at 18.401 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 0.73% to 47.200 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 385 to 366 and 36 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.41% to 12.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.61 to $1299.41 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $50.51 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.20 to trade at $56.63 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1956, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 91.89.