Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.30%

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 0.30%, while the index added 1.65%, and the index added 1.43%.

The best performers of the session on the were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:), which rose 8.70% or 0.76 points to trade at 9.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Zalando SE (ETR:) added 7.86% or 1.64 points to end at 22.50 and Vonovia SE (ETR:) was up 7.78% or 1.77 points to 24.51 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hannover Rueck SE (ETR:), which fell 2.18% or 4.60 points to trade at 206.60 at the close. Munich Reinsurance (ETR:) declined 2.06% or 7.90 points to end at 375.00 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:) was down 1.59% or 0.41 points to 25.31.

The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:) which rose 7.05% to 7.53, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:) which was up 4.74% to settle at 11.71 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which gained 4.50% to close at 27.50.

The worst performers were Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:) which was down 3.54% to 107.60 in late trade, Talanx AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which lost 1.81% to settle at 59.65 and TeamViewer AG (ETR:) which was down 1.49% to 14.19 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:) which rose 5.05% to 6.83, Nagarro SE (ETR:) which was up 4.50% to settle at 76.60 and Jenoptik AG (ETR:) which gained 3.94% to close at 23.72.

The worst performers were TeamViewer AG (ETR:) which was down 1.49% to 14.19 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which lost 0.81% to settle at 68.78 and SAP SE (ETR:) which was down 0.65% to 129.28 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 437 to 181 and 28 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.74% or 0.53 to 11.71.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.17% to 16.32 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.36% or 7.25 to $2,000.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.58% or 2.13 to hit $80.33 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.42% or 2.10 to trade at $84.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.09% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.37% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.04% at 104.88.