Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 2.10% 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 added 2.10%, while the index climbed 2.27%, and the index gained 3.42%.

The best performers of the session on the were HelloFresh SE (ETR:), which rose 9.27% or 3.31 points to trade at 39.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) added 7.42% or 23.20 points to end at 335.80 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) was up 6.26% or 1.70 points to 28.84 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR:), which fell 1.53% or 2.24 points to trade at 144.20 at the close. E.ON SE (ETR:) declined 0.52% or 0.05 points to end at 9.89 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:) was down 0.42% or 0.24 points to 56.36.

The top performers on the MDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 12.75% to 24.14, Uniper SE (ETR:) which was up 10.72% to settle at 24.16 and K&S AG (ETR:) which gained 5.72% to close at 29.74.

The worst performers were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (ETR:) which was down 5.10% to 28.26 in late trade, LEG Immobilien AG (ETR:) which lost 4.59% to settle at 94.80 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (ETR:) which was down 1.23% to 9.67 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 12.75% to 24.14, Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:) which was up 8.63% to settle at 53.10 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which gained 7.42% to close at 335.80.

The worst performers were Vantage Towers AG (ETR:) which was down 1.15% to 31.04 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (ETR:) which lost 1.01% to settle at 2.94 and 11 AG (ETR:) which was up 0.56% to 19.72 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 560 to 130 and 70 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 9.97% to 27.91.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.76% or 13.86 to $1,810.74 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 4.00% or 4.25 to hit $110.38 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.68% or 3.95 to trade at $111.40 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 104.52.