Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals, Insurance and Software sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.39%, while the MDAX index added 0.07%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN), which rose 2.91% or 2.690 points to trade at 95.100 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 1.33% or 2.85 points to end at 216.90 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 1.01% or 1.70 points to 169.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which lost 1.11% or 0.680 points to trade at 60.760 in late trade. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 0.96% or 1.75 points to end at 180.00 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) shed 0.72% or 0.65 points to 89.15.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which rose 1.82% to 71.218, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was up 1.34% to settle at 42.85 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which gained 1.28% to close at 85.420.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 2.24% to 3.32 in late trade, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which lost 1.34% to settle at 43.410 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 0.87% to 61.200 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 2.70% to 11.985, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 2.59% to settle at 7.850 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 1.81% to close at 68.500.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.75% to 43.63 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 1.67% to settle at 79.970 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 1.39% to 6.041 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 376 to 366 and 48 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.20% to 13.37.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.30% or 3.84 to $1288.36 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.41% or 0.82 to hit $58.84 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $63.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1936, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.8956.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.66.