Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.38%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverages , Chemicals and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.38%, while the MDAX index gained 0.67%, and the TecDAX index added 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe ), which rose 6.60% or 2.34 points to trade at 37.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (ETR:CONG ) added 3.71% or 2.16 points to end at 60.44 and BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR:BASFN ) was up 1.70% or 0.79 points to 46.99 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG ), which fell 1.81% or 0.55 points to trade at 29.91 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG ) declined 1.37% or 0.23 points to end at 16.59 and Airbus Group SE (ETR:AIRG ) was down 1.10% or 1.56 points to 139.62.

The top performers on the MDAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:TKAG ) which rose 9.13% to 3.46, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG ) which was up 4.85% to settle at 64.80 and Traton SE (ETR:8TRA ) which gained 4.09% to close at 30.55.

The worst performers were GEA Group AG (ETR:G1AG ) which was down 1.34% to 47.00 in late trade, Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG ) which lost 1.22% to settle at 84.85 and CTS Eventim AG (ETR:EVDG ) which was down 1.20% to 98.60 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG ) which rose 4.85% to 64.80, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG ) which was up 4.22% to settle at 5.80 and Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR:EUZG ) which gained 4.07% to close at 44.44.

The worst performers were SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn ) which was down 13.56% to 54.20 in late trade, Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n ) which lost 2.16% to settle at 93.05 and Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG ) which was down 1.16% to 135.80 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 335 to 272 and 43 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.17% to 16.59.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.91% or 24.60 to $2,732.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.85% or 1.31 to hit $69.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.79% or 1.33 to trade at $73.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 103.39.

Source: Investing.com