Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the DAX Technology, DAX Construction and DAX Industrial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.59%, while the MDAX index lost 1.30%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn), which rose 1.33% or 2.70 points to trade at 206.00 at the close. E.ON SE (ETR:EONGn) added 0.95% or 0.13 points to end at 13.29 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) was up 0.85% or 2.00 points to 237.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which fell 6.69% or 1.71 points to trade at 23.84 in late trade. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) declined 3.54% or 1.07 points to end at 28.98 and Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (ETR:MUVGn) down 3.32% or 16.40 points to 477.30.
The top performers on the MDAX were Knorr-Bremse AG (ETR:KBX) which rose 1.30% to 74.00, K+S AG (ETR:SDFGn) which was up 0.48% to settle at 10.41 and Rational AG (ETR:RAAG) which gained 0.46% to close at 869.50.
The worst performers were Stroeer SE (ETR:SAXG) which was down 4.85% to 54.90 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which lost 4.73% to settle at 13.90 and Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) which was down 4.67% to 32.26 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which rose 0.85% to 237.50, SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn) which was up 0.20% to settle at 50.50 and Bechtle AG (ETR:BC8G) which lost 0.27% to close at 36.56.
The worst performers were Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which was down 11.01% to 118.00 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which lost 5.78% to settle at 18.57 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 4.73% to 13.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 479 to 150 and 20 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) rose to all time highs; up 1.33% or 2.70 to 206.00. Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.78% or 1.14 to 18.57. Shares in Bechtle AG (ETR:BC8G) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.27% or 0.10 to 36.56.
The DAX New Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 8.97% to 17.66.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.51% or 13.00 to $2,530.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.15% or 1.49 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.16% or 1.57 to trade at $71.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 101.18.