Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Construction and Transportation & Logistics sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Retail, Industrials and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.01%, while the MDAX index gained 0.13%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which rose 3.23% or 5.60 points to trade at 178.95 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) added 1.95% or 1.780 points to end at 92.830 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 1.55% or 0.220 points to 14.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn), which lost 1.28% or 1.50 points to trade at 115.90 in late trade. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) declined 1.27% or 1.110 points to end at 86.300 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) shed 1.15% or 1.65 points to 141.55.
The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which rose 2.42% to 68.060, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was up 2.07% to settle at 98.640 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which gained 1.56% to close at 41.705.
The worst performers were Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was down 1.38% to 80.250 in late trade, Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which lost 1.32% to settle at 36.235 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 1.26% to 34.600 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Software AG (DE:SOWG) which rose 3.50% to 41.965, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 1.97% to settle at 36.505 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 1.53% to close at 78.800.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 8.80% to 18.765 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 3.73% to settle at 8.934 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.53% to 34.03 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 427 to 327 and 38 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.65% to 12.16.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.52% or 6.76 to $1283.24 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $51.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $57.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1783, while EUR/GBP fell 0.84% to 0.8931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 93.52.