– Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction , Technology and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.23%, while the MDAX index declined 0.19%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.97%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (ETR: CONG ), which rose 2.87% or 1.76 points to trade at 63.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Brenntag AG (ETR: BNRGn ) added 2.62% or 1.52 points to end at 59.58 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR: FREG ) was up 1.80% or 0.59 points to 33.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ), which fell 6.00% or 13.70 points to trade at 214.60 at the close. Qiagen NV (ETR: QIA ) declined 2.49% or 1.00 points to end at 39.18 and Merck KGaA (ETR: MRCG ) was down 2.22% or 3.25 points to 143.20.
The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG (ETR: SDFGn ) which rose 4.48% to 11.42, Lanxess AG (ETR: LXSG ) which was up 3.62% to settle at 23.78 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR: NDXG ) which gained 3.14% to close at 11.81.
The worst performers were HelloFresh SE (ETR: HFGG ) which was down 6.37% to 10.58 in late trade, SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co KgaA (ETR: 1SXP ) which lost 5.29% to settle at 26.48 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR: DHER ) which was down 3.43% to 37.49 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR: EVTG ) which rose 21.32% to 10.47, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR: NDXG ) which was up 3.14% to settle at 11.81 and Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) which gained 2.57% to close at 34.36.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ) which was down 6.00% to 214.60 in late trade, SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR: SMHNn ) which lost 5.88% to settle at 51.20 and Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR: EUZG ) which was down 4.33% to 38.48 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 347 to 282 and 37 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.87% to 16.13.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 6.40 to $2,566.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.70% or 1.17 to hit $67.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 1.09 to trade at $71.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.53% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 106.53.