Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.22% By Investing.com

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 fell 0.22%, while the index lost 0.49%, and the index gained 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the were Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:), which rose 1.29% or 2.10 points to trade at 164.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) added 0.94% or 0.48 points to end at 51.68 and Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:) was up 0.86% or 0.28 points to 33.02 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Brenntag AG (ETR:), which fell 3.19% or 2.28 points to trade at 69.22 at the close. BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR:) declined 2.30% or 1.07 points to end at 45.36 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:) was down 1.65% or 0.19 points to 11.05.

The top performers on the MDAX were Befesa SA (ETR:) which rose 3.84% to 35.12, Aixtron SE (ETR:) which was up 1.97% to settle at 31.04 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 1.53% to close at 21.91.

The worst performers were Sixt SE (ETR:) which was down 5.44% to 106.10 in late trade, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:) which lost 2.59% to settle at 7.21 and Aurubis AG (ETR:) which was down 2.03% to 82.82 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 8.15% to 38.50, Nagarro SE (ETR:) which was up 3.16% to settle at 91.40 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 2.50% to close at 48.36.

The worst performers were Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:) which was down 7.69% to 37.32 in late trade, ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:) which lost 2.25% to settle at 9.29 and United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which was down 1.79% to 13.16 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 388 to 263 and 95 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.46% to 14.87.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.03% or 0.50 to $1,963.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.68% or 1.29 to hit $75.60 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.60% or 1.30 to trade at $80.06 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 99.61.