Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the gained 1.27% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index climbed 0.69%, and the index added 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the were Siemens AG Class N (ETR:), which rose 2.94% or 5.26 points to trade at 184.16 at the close. Meanwhile, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:) added 2.61% or 6.40 points to end at 251.60 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (ETR:) was up 2.45% or 2.44 points to 102.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:), which fell 1.31% or 3.20 points to trade at 240.20 at the close. Vonovia SE (ETR:) declined 0.62% or 0.18 points to end at 29.01 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:) was down 0.41% or 0.06 points to 14.51.
The top performers on the MDAX were CTS Eventim AG (ETR:) which rose 3.95% to 80.30, Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:) which was up 3.29% to settle at 138.10 and Puma SE (ETR:) which gained 3.14% to close at 44.70.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 4.02% to 8.95 in late trade, Gerresheimer AG (ETR:) which lost 3.81% to settle at 101.00 and United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which was down 2.79% to 20.90 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:) which rose 4.23% to 81.40, Atoss Software AG (ETR:) which was up 2.98% to settle at 117.60 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which gained 2.22% to close at 36.08.
The worst performers were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:) which was down 7.41% to 63.70 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which lost 4.02% to settle at 8.95 and United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which was down 2.79% to 20.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 379 to 226 and 37 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.44% to 12.71.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.14% or 3.40 to $2,418.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $82.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $85.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 103.79.
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