Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.27% By Investing.com

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 0.27%, while the index climbed 0.88%, and the index gained 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the were Vonovia SE (ETR:), which rose 2.96% or 0.69 points to trade at 24.01 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:) added 2.47% or 0.75 points to end at 31.08 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:) was up 2.04% or 0.54 points to 27.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:), which fell 1.45% or 1.60 points to trade at 108.70 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:) declined 1.38% or 0.59 points to end at 42.06 and Munich Reinsurance (ETR:) was down 0.89% or 2.70 points to 301.70.

The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (ETR:) which rose 4.69% to 29.24, Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR:) which was up 4.34% to settle at 2.43 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 3.74% to close at 5.60.

The worst performers were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (ETR:) which was down 3.51% to 8.58 in late trade, Encavis AG (ETR:) which lost 2.92% to settle at 19.64 and United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which was down 1.90% to 20.14 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG (ETR:) which rose 3.43% to 27.78, Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) which was up 1.78% to settle at 51.58 and Varta AG (ETR:) which gained 1.69% to close at 29.49.

The worst performers were United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which was down 1.90% to 20.14 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:) which lost 1.68% to settle at 31.11 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (ETR:) which was down 1.56% to 2.27 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 382 to 307 and 72 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.47% to 20.33 a new 6-months low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.32% or 5.75 to $1,809.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.45% or 1.18 to hit $80.04 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.62% or 1.41 to trade at $85.47 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 104.60.