Germany shares higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.27%

Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Beverages , Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Media sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.27% to hit a new 6-month high, while the MDAX index gained 0.29%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.69%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE: WDIG ), which rose 3.68% or 4.750 points to trade at 133.750 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE: CONG ) added 2.85% or 4.24 points to end at 153.26 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE: FREG ) was up 2.61% or 1.295 points to 50.820 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE: DBKGn ), which lost 1.85% or 0.138 points to trade at 7.341 in late trade. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE: TKAG ) declined 1.61% or 0.210 points to end at 12.840 and Vonovia SE (DE: VNAn ) shed 1.00% or 0.45 points to 44.48.

The top performers on the MDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE: MORG ) which rose 4.02% to 90.6500, Delivery Hero AG (DE: DHER ) which was up 3.66% to settle at 40.75 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE: CBKG ) which gained 3.61% to close at 7.896.

The worst performers were Aurubis AG (DE: NAFG ) which was down 6.84% to 44.820 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE: WAFGn ) which lost 3.44% to settle at 86.900 and Duerr AG (DE: DUEG ) which was down 2.38% to 40.170 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE: DRWG_p ) which rose 6.73% to 49.500, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE: MORG ) which was up 4.02% to settle at 90.650 and Wirecard AG (DE: WDIG ) which gained 3.68% to close at 133.750.

The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE: WAFGn ) which was down 3.44% to 86.900 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE: S92G ) which lost 2.48% to settle at 20.420 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE: NEKG ) which was down 2.21% to 154.700 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 390 to 312 and 79 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.59% to 13.68.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.81% or 10.35 to $1290.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.71% or 2.42 to hit $62.79 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 3.77% or 2.80 to trade at $71.55 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1161, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.8630.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 97.657.