Germany shares mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.07%

Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemicals , Construction and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages , Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Software sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.07%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.22%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.49%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Covestro AG (DE: 1COV ), which rose 2.56% or 1.030 points to trade at 41.260 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE: DBKGn ) added 2.50% or 0.165 points to end at 6.756 and Continental AG O.N. (DE: CONG ) was up 2.24% or 2.58 points to 117.80 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE: FREG ), which lost 2.29% or 1.090 points to trade at 46.480 in late trade. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE: FMEG ) declined 1.33% or 0.940 points to end at 69.700 and Wirecard AG (DE: WDIG ) shed 1.30% or 1.900 points to 144.400.

The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (DE: LXSG ) which rose 2.18% to 54.280, Kion Group AG (DE: KGX ) which was up 1.85% to settle at 51.62 and Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE: FPEG_p ) which gained 1.62% to close at 35.200.

The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE: FIEG ) which was down 4.11% to 63.000 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE: JUNG_p ) which lost 2.68% to settle at 23.960 and Drillisch AG (DE: DRIG ) which was down 2.23% to 30.660 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG (DE: JENGn ) which rose 1.46% to 24.350, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE: PV ) which was up 1.30% to settle at 124.60 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE: MORG ) which gained 0.89% to close at 91.150.

The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE: COPMa ) which was down 2.87% to 69.400 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE: MDG1k ) which lost 2.48% to settle at 6.300 and Drillisch AG (DE: DRIG ) which was down 2.23% to 30.660 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 330 to 322 and 105 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.22% to 13.79.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.42% or 5.85 to $1412.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.27% or 0.16 to hit $60.36 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.29 to trade at $66.81 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1266, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8966.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.472.