Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.03%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail , Food & Beverages and Financial Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction , Software and Media sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.03%, while the MDAX index added 0.73%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n ), which rose 1.76% or 0.45 points to trade at 26.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn ) added 1.70% or 0.52 points to end at 31.18 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG ) was up 0.94% or 0.13 points to 13.38 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG ), which fell 2.46% or 0.59 points to trade at 23.44 at the close. Airbus Group SE (ETR:AIRG ) declined 1.27% or 1.78 points to end at 138.82 and SAP SE (ETR:SAPG ) was down 0.65% or 1.30 points to 197.72.

The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER ) which rose 8.04% to 28.49, Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC ) which was up 5.63% to settle at 125.80 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR:AT1 ) which gained 2.18% to close at 2.30.

The worst performers were Tui AG NA (ETR:TUI1n ) which was down 3.18% to 5.96 in late trade, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn ) which lost 1.97% to settle at 37.81 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn ) which was down 1.34% to 17.35 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Energiekontor AG (ETR:EKTG ) which rose 1.76% to 57.80, Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n ) which was up 1.52% to settle at 77.00 and 11 AG (ETR:1U1 ) which gained 1.41% to close at 14.42.

The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG ) which was down 1.81% to 27.12 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn ) which lost 1.34% to settle at 17.35 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:COP1n ) which was down 1.27% to 15.59 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 333 to 274 and 40 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.26% to 14.17.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.93% or 23.80 to $2,536.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.44% or 1.85 to hit $74.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.93% or 1.52 to trade at $77.30 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.58.

Source: Investing.com