Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.54%, while the MDAX index declined 0.89%, and the TecDAX index lost 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 1.55% or 0.640 points to trade at 42.010 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) added 0.41% or 0.220 points to end at 54.400 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) was up 0.36% or 0.64 points to 176.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which lost 2.35% or 2.95 points to trade at 122.65 in late trade. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 2.25% or 4.50 points to end at 195.50 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) shed 2.12% or 1.300 points to 60.160.
The top performers on the MDAX were Scout24 AG (DE:G24n) which rose 13.57% to 41.000, Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was up 2.89% to settle at 50.950 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE:AT1) which gained 1.84% to close at 7.485.
The worst performers were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 7.75% to 44.520 in late trade, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which lost 6.86% to settle at 21.030 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 3.95% to 30.620 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 7.89% to 0.12, Shop Apotheke Europe NV (DE:SAEG) which was up 2.95% to settle at 38.400 and JOST Werke AG (DE:JSTG) which gained 2.67% to close at 26.9500.
The worst performers were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 17.72% to 24.85 in late trade, Dr. Hoenle AG O.N. (DE:HNLG) which lost 12.75% to settle at 44.500 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was down 7.36% to 8.3340 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 463 to 245 and 72 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.00% to 20.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.28% or 3.50 to $1243.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.74% or 1.44 to hit $51.14 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.99% or 1.22 to trade at $60.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.1302, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 97.468.