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Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the DAX Media, DAX Telecom and DAX Food & Beverage sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.23% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index gained 0.09%, and the TecDAX index added 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG), which rose 2.44% or 41.00 points to trade at 1,723.00 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) added 1.50% or 4.20 points to end at 284.30 and Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) was up 1.44% or 0.41 points to 28.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included E.ON SE (ETR:EONGn), which fell 2.89% or 0.44 points to trade at 14.79 in late trade. BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR:BASFN) declined 2.25% or 1.00 points to end at 43.40 and Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p) down 1.91% or 0.90 points to 46.23.
The top performers on the MDAX were RENK Group AG (ETR:R3NK) which rose 7.74% to 59.88, United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which was up 5.34% to settle at 22.90 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which gained 3.15% to close at 7.20.
The worst performers were Lanxess AG (ETR:LXSG) which was down 6.12% to 27.30 in late trade, Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which lost 4.34% to settle at 59.50 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which was down 4.15% to 40.14 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were 11 AG (ETR:1U1) which rose 20.29% to 18.50, United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which was up 5.34% to settle at 22.90 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which gained 3.15% to close at 7.20.
The worst performers were Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG) which was down 5.84% to 69.30 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which lost 3.83% to settle at 27.60 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 3.48% to 12.74 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 326 to 275 and 38 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Shares in Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.44% or 41.00 to 1,723.00. Shares in RENK Group AG (ETR:R3NK) rose to all time highs; up 7.74% or 4.30 to 59.88. Shares in 11 AG (ETR:1U1) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 20.29% or 3.12 to 18.50.
The DAX New Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.76% to 17.85.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.24% or 40.06 to $3,186.54 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.49% or 0.92 to hit $62.54 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.87 to trade at $65.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 101.07.