Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.22% 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 rose 0.22%, while the index climbed 0.58%, and the index climbed 0.07%.

The best performers of the session on the were Delivery Hero AG (DE:), which rose 4.89% or 1.95 points to trade at 41.81 at the close. Meanwhile, HelloFresh SE (DE:) added 3.86% or 1.58 points to end at 42.54 and Zalando SE (DE:) was up 2.96% or 1.36 points to 47.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:), which fell 2.41% or 1.05 points to trade at 42.50 at the close. SAP SE (DE:) declined 1.35% or 1.37 points to end at 99.75 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:) was down 1.34% or 5.40 points to 396.30.

The top performers on the MDAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:) which rose 3.59% to 7.18, K&S AG (DE:) which was up 2.40% to settle at 28.11 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:) which gained 2.00% to close at 157.85.

The worst performers were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:) which was down 4.86% to 25.06 in late trade, Fraport AG (DE:) which lost 2.42% to settle at 49.28 and Siltronic AG (DE:) which was down 1.46% to 91.90 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:) which rose 4.54% to 16.58, Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (DE:) which was up 3.50% to settle at 72.55 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:) which gained 2.71% to close at 56.90.

The worst performers were Jenoptik AG (DE:) which was down 5.17% to 26.06 in late trade, Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:) which lost 1.55% to settle at 57.30 and Siltronic AG (DE:) which was down 1.46% to 91.90 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 404 to 302 and 60 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.56% to 28.52.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.46% or 28.50 to $1,920.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.84% or 0.84 to hit $99.44 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.05 to trade at $104.66 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 98.67.