Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the DAX Construction, DAX Chemicals and DAX Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.64%, while the MDAX index fell 0.36%, and the TecDAX index lost 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG), which rose 2.41% or 17.00 points to trade at 723.40 at the close. Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG) added 1.50% or 2.15 points to end at 145.65 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR:HNKG_p) was up 1.41% or 1.18 points to 84.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p), which fell 7.15% or 4.28 points to trade at 55.56 in late trade. RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG) declined 2.35% or 0.69 points to end at 28.65 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR:VOWG_p) down 2.27% or 2.18 points to 93.72.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which rose 9.47% to 79.20, HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which was up 4.25% to settle at 11.52 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (ETR:HLE) which gained 2.78% to close at 92.50.
The worst performers were Puma SE (ETR:PUMG) which was down 4.68% to 28.32 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which lost 3.88% to settle at 8.68 and K+S AG (ETR:SDFGn) which was down 3.75% to 12.20 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (ETR:WAFGn) which rose 2.02% to 41.32, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was up 0.52% to settle at 11.59 and 11 AG (ETR:1U1) which gained 0.49% to close at 12.24.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which was down 3.88% to 8.68 in late trade, Bechtle AG (ETR:BC8G) which lost 3.50% to settle at 31.46 and Formycon AG (ETR:FYB) which was down 3.47% to 52.80 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 372 to 247 and 33 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Shares in Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p) fell to all time lows; losing 7.15% or 4.28 to 55.56. Shares in Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG) rose to all time highs; up 1.50% or 2.15 to 145.65. Shares in Puma SE (ETR:PUMG) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.68% or 1.39 to 28.32. Shares in Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (ETR:HLE) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.78% or 2.50 to 92.50.
The DAX New Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.84% to 16.13.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.32% or 9.29 to $2,885.99 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $70.83 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.21 to trade at $74.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 107.74.