Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.55%

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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.55%, while the MDAX index gained 1.05%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.48%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n ), which rose 3.39% or 1.16 points to trade at 35.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR:VOWG_p ) added 2.85% or 2.60 points to end at 93.98 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn ) 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:RWEG ), which fell 1.96% or 0.63 points to trade at 31.46 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn ) declined 1.60% or 3.40 points to end at 209.10 and Merck KGaA (ETR:MRCG ) was down 1.12% or 1.75 points to 154.90.

The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX ) which rose 5.56% to 36.28, Stabilus (ETR:STM1 ) which was up 4.00% to settle at 37.70 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG ) which gained 3.79% to close at 13.42.

The worst performers were K+S AG (ETR:SDFGn ) which was down 2.47% to 11.05 in late trade, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:TEGG ) which lost 0.73% to settle at 16.42 and Rational AG (ETR:RAAG ) which was down 0.55% to 909.00 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n ) which rose 3.84% to 92.05, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG ) which was up 3.79% to settle at 13.42 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG ) which gained 3.14% to close at 69.05.

The worst performers were PNE Wind AG (ETR:PNEGn ) which was down 1.45% to 12.20 in late trade, Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHLG ) which lost 0.96% to settle at 51.82 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p ) 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:ENR1n ) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.39% or 1.16 to 35.35.

The DAX volatility index , 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.

Source: Investing.com