Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.09%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the lost 0.09% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index lost 0.15%, and the index gained 0.55%.

The best performers of the session on the were Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:), which rose 3.78% or 1.73 points to trade at 47.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) added 2.56% or 2.86 points to end at 114.48 and Allianz SE VNA O.N. (ETR:) was up 0.96% or 2.20 points to 232.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:), which fell 3.44% or 0.34 points to trade at 9.66 at the close. Brenntag AG (ETR:) declined 2.21% or 1.68 points to end at 74.40 and Zalando SE (ETR:) was down 1.37% or 0.32 points to 23.02.

The top performers on the MDAX were Befesa SA (ETR:) which rose 3.02% to 28.68, Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:) which was up 2.64% to settle at 98.74 and Stabilus (ETR:) which gained 2.34% to close at 52.40.

The worst performers were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which was down 3.71% to 28.56 in late trade, Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which lost 3.51% to settle at 30.20 and Hochtief AG (ETR:) which was down 3.04% to 95.55 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) which rose 3.78% to 47.47, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:) which was up 3.66% to settle at 25.50 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which gained 2.27% to close at 11.69.

The worst performers were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which was down 3.71% to 28.56 in late trade, Freenet AG NA (ETR:) which lost 1.06% to settle at 22.42 and Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 0.91% to 28.26 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 362 to 256 and 115 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.76% to 15.91.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 5.85 to $1,945.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.54% or 0.48 to hit $90.11 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.13% or 0.12 to trade at $93.42 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.31% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 105.16.