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 added 0.55%, while the index gained 1.05%, and the index gained 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:), which rose 3.39% or 1.16 points to trade at 35.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) added 2.85% or 2.60 points to end at 93.98 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:) was up 2.71% or 0.42 points to 15.78 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:), which fell 1.96% or 0.63 points to trade at 31.46 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:) declined 1.60% or 3.40 points to end at 209.10 and Merck KGaA (ETR:) was down 1.12% or 1.75 points to 154.90.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (ETR:) which rose 5.56% to 36.28, Stabilus (ETR:) which was up 4.00% to settle at 37.70 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which gained 3.79% to close at 13.42.
The worst performers were K+S AG (ETR:) which was down 2.47% to 11.05 in late trade, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:) which lost 0.73% to settle at 16.42 and Rational AG (ETR:) which was down 0.55% to 909.00 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nagarro SE (ETR:) which rose 3.84% to 92.05, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which was up 3.79% to settle at 13.42 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:) which gained 3.14% to close at 69.05.
The worst performers were PNE Wind AG (ETR:) which was down 1.45% to 12.20 in late trade, Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) which lost 0.96% to settle at 51.82 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which was down 0.71% to 236.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 411 to 194 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Siemens Energy AG (ETR:) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.39% or 1.16 to 35.35.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.00% to 19.30.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 6.80 to $2,672.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.63% or 1.20 to hit $74.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.43% or 1.11 to trade at $78.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.52% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 102.37.
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