Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 3.37%, while the MDAX index added 2.99%, and the TecDAX index added 3.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 7.68% or 3.165 points to trade at 44.365 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 6.35% or 3.86 points to end at 64.66 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 6.05% or 3.360 points to 58.940 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn), which added 0.77% or 0.115 points to trade at 15.045 in late trade. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 0.90% or 0.820 points to end at 92.180 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) gained 0.94% or 0.085 points to 9.083.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which rose 8.17% to 26.340, Metro AG (DE:CECG) which was up 7.43% to settle at 3.223 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 5.96% to close at 45.53.
The worst performers were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was down 3.81% to 36.35 in late trade, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which lost 3.42% to settle at 14.5500 and Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was down 0.80% to 41.050 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 19.35% to 9.250, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 8.61% to settle at 16.650 and Aumann AG (DE:AAGG) which gained 7.64% to close at 31.0000.
The worst performers were VTG AG O.N. (DE:VT9G) which was down 1.96% to 50.000 in late trade, Tele Columbus AG (DE:TC1n) which lost 1.53% to settle at 2.90 and Shop Apotheke Europe NV (DE:SAEG) which was down 0.78% to 38.200 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 609 to 114 and 53 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 9.67% to 21.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.62% or 8.00 to $1286.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.12% or 1.00 to hit $48.09 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.13% or 1.19 to trade at $57.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1401, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.8953.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.743.