Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical, Food & Beverages and Construction sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Transportation & Logistics and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.21% to hit a new 52-week low, while the MDAX index climbed 0.39%, and the TecDAX index added 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 2.78% or 3.600 points to trade at 133.100 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) added 1.90% or 1.760 points to end at 94.240 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 1.70% or 1.06 points to 63.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which lost 17.10% or 8.075 points to trade at 39.145 in late trade. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 8.36% or 5.680 points to end at 62.280 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) shed 1.80% or 0.350 points to 19.140.
The top performers on the MDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 2.99% to 98.2500, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was up 2.40% to settle at 23.080 and Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which gained 2.03% to close at 71.320.
The worst performers were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which was down 5.28% to 168.60 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which lost 4.33% to settle at 72.84 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 2.94% to 17.850 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Deutsche Beteiligungs AG O.N. (DE:DBANn) which rose 6.86% to 33.500, Dr. Hoenle AG O.N. (DE:HNLG) which was up 4.21% to settle at 54.400 and Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which unchanged 2.49% to close at 0.10.
The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 4.98% to 25.590 in late trade, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which lost 4.97% to settle at 239.00 and Shop Apotheke Europe NV (DE:SAEG) which was down 4.33% to 37.600 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 403 to 307 and 67 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.86% to 22.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.55% or 6.80 to $1250.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.10% or 2.11 to hit $53.60 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.33% or 2.60 to trade at $62.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8942.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.715.