Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 1.39% 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 1.39%, while the index climbed 0.66%, and the index gained 1.75%.

The best performers of the session on the were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:), which rose 5.33% or 0.95 points to trade at 18.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) added 2.87% or 8.10 points to end at 290.20 and Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:) was up 2.58% or 1.08 points to 42.91 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR:), which fell 4.25% or 2.16 points to trade at 48.83 at the close. Munich Reinsurance (ETR:) declined 2.29% or 9.70 points to end at 413.50 and Brenntag AG (ETR:) was down 1.06% or 0.80 points to 74.86.

The top performers on the MDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:) which rose 6.47% to 50.85, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:) which was up 6.17% to settle at 4.73 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR:) which gained 5.86% to close at 1.96.

The worst performers were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which was down 16.73% to 25.64 in late trade, HelloFresh SE (ETR:) which lost 3.63% to settle at 6.74 and Hochtief AG (ETR:) which was down 2.33% to 98.55 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:) which rose 6.47% to 50.85, Aixtron SE (ETR:) which was up 4.78% to settle at 22.82 and Atoss Software AG (ETR:) which gained 4.28% to close at 256.00.

The worst performers were Siltronic AG (ETR:) which was down 0.91% to 76.05 in late trade, Kontron AG (ETR:) which gained 0.05% to settle at 19.08 and Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) which was up 0.15% to 67.85 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 465 to 145 and 36 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.81% to 14.37.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.23% or 5.45 to $2,347.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.60% or 0.50 to hit $84.07 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.58 to trade at $89.59 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.09% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 105.97.