Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Construction and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.29%, while the MDAX index added 0.05%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 2.77% or 0.217 points to trade at 8.061 at the close. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) added 2.71% or 0.320 points to end at 12.110 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 2.01% or 0.355 points to 18.060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which lost 1.40% or 2.650 points to trade at 186.200 in late trade. Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) declined 0.96% or 1.700 points to end at 176.000 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) shed 0.43% or 0.650 points to 151.600.
The top performers on the MDAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which rose 3.03% to 68.650, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was up 2.74% to settle at 78.010 and Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which gained 2.26% to close at 38.280.
The worst performers were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 2.47% to 35.89 in late trade, Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which lost 1.86% to settle at 11.365 and Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 1.69% to 4.88 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which rose 2.95% to 17.275, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was up 2.21% to settle at 37.980 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 2.08% to close at 49.265.
The worst performers were Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) which was down 2.78% to 0.035 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which lost 2.64% to settle at 53.560 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 1.90% to 7.430 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 408 to 347 and 20 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.90% to 14.23 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.36% or 4.35 to $1205.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.24% or 1.17 to hit $53.29 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.31% or 1.25 to trade at $55.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.0680, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8655.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 101.00.