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 0.83%, while the index added 1.14%, and the index added 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the were Zalando SE (ETR:), which rose 6.36% or 1.76 points to trade at 29.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (ETR:) added 4.76% or 1.37 points to end at 30.18 and Brenntag AG (ETR:) was up 4.41% or 2.56 points to 60.64 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:), which fell 2.86% or 0.46 points to trade at 15.55 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:) declined 1.54% or 0.24 points to end at 15.35 and Airbus Group SE (ETR:) was down 1.13% or 1.58 points to 137.88.
The top performers on the MDAX were Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:) which rose 5.99% to 15.21, LEG Immobilien AG (ETR:) which was up 5.78% to settle at 87.80 and Gerresheimer AG (ETR:) which gained 4.83% to close at 73.85.
The worst performers were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 2.16% to 3.80 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:) which lost 1.61% to settle at 70.90 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (ETR:) which was down 1.01% to 44.30 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 7.84% to 39.88, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:) which was up 3.85% to settle at 11.86 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which gained 3.48% to close at 211.10.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 15.59% to 8.50 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:) which lost 3.67% to settle at 23.10 and Nagarro SE (ETR:) which was down 1.93% to 93.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 437 to 194 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:) fell to 3-years lows; down 1.61% or 1.16 to 70.90.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.34% to 17.05.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.22% or 32.65 to $2,707.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.18% or 0.83 to hit $70.93 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.71 to trade at $74.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.69% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.16% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 107.60.
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