Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 1.20% 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 1.20% to hit a new 6-months high, while the index climbed 1.12%, and the index gained 0.70%.

The best performers of the session on the were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:), which rose 3.53% or 0.63 points to trade at 18.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde PLC (ETR:) added 2.47% or 7.15 points to end at 296.35 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:) was up 2.40% or 0.71 points to 30.45 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR:), which fell 2.34% or 1.56 points to trade at 65.24 at the close. Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) declined 1.76% or 6.50 points to end at 362.90 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) was down 0.70% or 0.33 points to 47.08.

The top performers on the MDAX were K&S AG (ETR:) which rose 4.37% to 19.93, Stroeer SE (ETR:) which was up 3.82% to settle at 48.42 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR:) which gained 3.61% to close at 209.40.

The worst performers were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which was down 2.88% to 45.11 in late trade, RTL Group SA (ETR:) which lost 0.47% to settle at 42.48 and Fraport AG (ETR:) which was down 0.44% to 43.03 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which rose 4.50% to 13.47, Varta AG (ETR:) which was up 3.76% to settle at 26.46 and Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which gained 3.30% to close at 23.50.

The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which was down 1.76% to 362.90 in late trade, Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) which lost 0.70% to settle at 47.08 and Qiagen NV (ETR:) which was down 0.68% to 46.90 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 494 to 179 and 83 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.27% to 18.52 a new 6-months low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.50% or 27.65 to $1,868.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.88% or 0.65 to hit $74.32 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.41 to trade at $79.10 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.09% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.30% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.03% at 103.75.