Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.77%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Food&Beverages and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.77% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.89%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.22%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which rose 2.71% or 0.68 points to trade at 25.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR:HEIG) added 1.84% or 1.70 points to end at 94.28 and Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) was up 1.83% or 0.55 points to 30.54 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p), which fell 0.74% or 0.52 points to trade at 69.82 at the close. SAP SE (ETR:SAPG) declined 0.47% or 0.92 points to end at 195.62 and Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA) was down 0.33% or 0.14 points to 42.19.

The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which rose 7.84% to 24.77, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which was up 6.73% to settle at 5.86 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which gained 5.15% to close at 40.60.

The worst performers were Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC) which was down 5.04% to 122.50 in late trade, HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which lost 3.94% to settle at 7.36 and CTS Eventim AG (ETR:EVDG) which was down 3.50% to 84.20 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which rose 6.73% to 5.86, Energiekontor AG (ETR:EKTG) which was up 3.01% to settle at 58.20 and 11 AG (ETR:1U1) which gained 2.09% to close at 13.70.

The worst performers were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:SMHNn) which was down 3.24% to 53.80 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which lost 1.09% to settle at 90.50 and Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG) which was down 0.89% to 77.70 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 410 to 191 and 30 ended unchanged.

Shares in Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.83% or 0.55 to 30.54.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.78% to 14.92.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.04% or 26.20 to $2,542.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.42% or 1.77 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.24% or 1.73 to trade at $78.95 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 100.74.