Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 1.06%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Technology and Consumer&Cyclical sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.06%, while the MDAX index gained 0.91%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.75%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG), which rose 6.45% or 1.32 points to trade at 21.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (ETR:HEIG) added 2.56% or 1.84 points to end at 73.68 and Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe) was up 2.32% or 0.74 points to 32.67 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G), which fell 2.17% or 1.98 points to trade at 89.34 at the close. Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) declined 1.04% or 0.12 points to end at 11.46 and RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG) was down 0.94% or 0.31 points to 32.73.

The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which rose 4.89% to 60.48, Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which was up 4.70% to settle at 27.75 and Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which gained 4.66% to close at 102.10.

The worst performers were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which was down 4.15% to 26.08 in late trade, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:FMEG) which lost 1.73% to settle at 38.65 and Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was down 1.73% to 25.00 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which rose 3.29% to 62.08, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which was up 2.51% to settle at 25.32 and Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which gained 2.49% to close at 201.50.

The worst performers were ADTRAN Holdingsa Inc (ETR:QH9) which was down 2.08% to 7.25 in late trade, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which lost 1.73% to settle at 25.00 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 1.17% to 33.01 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 419 to 232 and 85 ended unchanged.

Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.94% or 0.31 to 32.73.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.76% to 17.51.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.73% or 13.30 to $1,845.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.39% or 0.32 to hit $82.63 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.40 to trade at $84.47 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 105.81.