Germany shares lower at close of trade; DAX down 1.04%

Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction , Industrials and Transportation & Logistics sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 1.04%, while the MDAX index declined 1.04%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.25%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG 1 (DE: LIN1 ), which rose 0.15% or 0.3000 points to trade at 196.2000 at the close. Adidas AG (DE: ADSGN ) fell 0.14% or 0.30 points to end at 214.90 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE: RWEG ) was down 0.23% or 0.050 points to 21.850 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE: LHAG ), which lost 3.81% or 0.890 points to trade at 22.490 in late trade. Continental AG O.N. (DE: CONG ) declined 1.89% or 3.05 points to end at 158.05 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE: HEIG ) shed 1.78% or 1.240 points to 68.580.

The top performers on the MDAX were Fielmann AG (DE: FIEG ) which rose 3.10% to 58.150, RTL Group SA (DE: RRTL ) which was up 1.89% to settle at 64.600 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE: AT1 ) which gained 1.39% to close at 7.685.

The worst performers were Delivery Hero AG (DE: DHER ) which was down 3.89% to 47.46 in late trade, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE: MTXGn ) which lost 3.38% to settle at 188.90 and Duerr AG (DE: DUEG ) which was down 3.08% to 39.700 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Isra Vision O.N. (DE: ISRG ) which rose 12.38% to 59.90, Drillisch AG (DE: DRIG ) which was up 2.06% to settle at 43.600 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE: S92G ) which gained 1.83% to close at 31.240.

The worst performers were RIB Software AG Na (DE: RIB ) which was down 5.01% to 19.700 in late trade, Software AG (DE: SOWGn ) which lost 2.99% to settle at 42.500 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE: O2Dn ) which was down 1.94% to 3.583 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 450 to 234 and 96 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 7.62% to 16.76.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1204.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.60% or 0.42 to hit $69.83 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.31 to trade at $77.71 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.69% to 1.1587, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8948.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 95.15.