Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Insurance, Financial Services and Retail sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Construction, Software and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.36%, while the MDAX index lost 0.47%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 4.57% or 0.645 points to trade at 14.750 at the close. Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (DE:BMWG) added 4.34% or 3.330 points to end at 80.110 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 2.69% or 4.300 points to 164.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which lost 4.36% or 3.970 points to trade at 87.120 in late trade. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 2.76% or 0.350 points to end at 12.330 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) shed 1.20% or 0.930 points to 76.450.
The top performers on the MDAX were LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which rose 3.07% to 71.490, Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which was up 3.01% to settle at 46.420 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which gained 2.59% to close at 36.490.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 6.13% to 4.47 in late trade, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which lost 3.43% to settle at 51.760 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was down 3.02% to 31.440 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 5.63% to 45.815, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 4.85% to settle at 5.400 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 1.79% to close at 13.665.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 7.23% to 21.290 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which lost 4.75% to settle at 37.000 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.56% to 18.010 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 499 to 403 and 16 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.21% to 20.56.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 2.74% or 34.65 to $1231.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.78% or 1.24 to hit $43.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.75% or 1.26 to trade at $44.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.0844, while EUR/GBP fell 0.88% to 0.8604.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 99.05.