Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Construction and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.31%, while the MDAX index fell 0.29%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn), which rose 1.30% or 2.30 points to trade at 178.70 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 0.83% or 0.170 points to end at 20.605 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was up 0.51% or 0.055 points to 10.935 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which lost 1.89% or 1.75 points to trade at 91.01 in late trade. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) declined 1.43% or 1.000 points to end at 68.700 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) shed 1.30% or 2.50 points to 189.25.
The top performers on the MDAX were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which rose 13.18% to 72.550, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was up 1.77% to settle at 12.04 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which gained 1.72% to close at 67.340.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 2.07% to 37.680 in late trade, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which lost 1.82% to settle at 51.930 and Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 1.74% to 33.645 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which rose 2.89% to 50.150, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 0.96% to settle at 16.911 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 0.80% to close at 85.260.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 4.26% to 11.680 in late trade, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which lost 3.02% to settle at 16.205 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.28% to 30.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 563 to 193 and 31 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 10.67% to 16.64.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 2.61 to $1295.01 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.51% or 1.18 to hit $48.27 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.82% or 1.44 to trade at $52.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1749, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.9142.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 93.42.