Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Transportation & Logistics and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Retail, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.38%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.37%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1), which rose 1.50% or 3.2000 points to trade at 216.0000 at the close. Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 1.48% or 0.410 points to end at 28.060 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 1.32% or 2.45 points to 187.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which lost 3.08% or 2.120 points to trade at 66.600 in late trade. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.34% or 0.280 points to end at 20.620 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) shed 0.81% or 0.078 points to 9.601.
The top performers on the MDAX were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which rose 2.47% to 58.100, Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was up 2.41% to settle at 33.98 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which gained 2.07% to close at 107.36.
The worst performers were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 2.83% to 47.37 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which lost 1.50% to settle at 115.00 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 1.30% to 41.110 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 6.71% to 11.717, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 3.31% to settle at 126.500 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 2.93% to close at 96.500.
The worst performers were Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which was down 2.19% to 37.81 in late trade, Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which lost 2.11% to settle at 40.830 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.74% to 31.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 429 to 272 and 79 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.30% to 14.12.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.33% or 4.10 to $1242.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.80% or 0.56 to hit $70.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.91 to trade at $75.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1666, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8828.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.59.