Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Insurance and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.19%, while the MDAX index lost 0.35%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which rose 3.21% or 4.700 points to trade at 151.200 at the close. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) added 1.78% or 0.205 points to end at 11.705 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was up 1.55% or 1.320 points to 86.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which lost 3.34% or 2.330 points to trade at 67.480 in late trade. Merck KGaA (DE:MRK) declined 2.50% or 2.420 points to end at 94.250 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) shed 2.14% or 0.460 points to 21.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which rose 2.44% to 67.510, Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which was up 1.48% to settle at 51.674 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which gained 1.13% to close at 33.240.
The worst performers were GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 3.49% to 35.930 in late trade, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which lost 2.18% to settle at 4.76 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which was down 1.49% to 45.840 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 8.43% to 31.120, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 2.77% to settle at 9.024 and Aixtron SE (F:AIXC) which gained 1.74% to close at 4.328.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 5.75% to 29.40 in late trade, STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which lost 4.55% to settle at 52.200 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 3.62% to 40.075 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 473 to 385 and 32 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.14% to 18.60.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.16% or 2.00 to $1271.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.97% or 0.48 to hit $49.24 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.42 to trade at $50.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.0943, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.9002.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 98.65.