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Germany shares lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.31%

Published 2018/10/19, 18:15
© Reuters.  Germany shares lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.31%
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Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.31%, while the MDAX index declined 0.84%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.34%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 2.10% or 0.370 points to trade at 17.995 at the close. Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) added 2.08% or 3.550 points to end at 174.000 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 2.04% or 4.05 points to 202.80 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which lost 6.06% or 1.158 points to trade at 17.942 in late trade. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 4.54% or 6.25 points to end at 131.50 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) shed 4.02% or 0.810 points to 19.340.

The top performers on the MDAX were Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which rose 3.20% to 39.330, Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which was up 2.17% to settle at 26.36 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which gained 1.48% to close at 31.4700.

The worst performers were Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 6.17% to 44.59 in late trade, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which lost 5.98% to settle at 38.210 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 5.04% to 9.31 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which rose 2.01% to 13.700, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 1.55% to settle at 8.240 and Zooplus AG (DE:ZO1G) which gained 0.98% to close at 144.40.

The worst performers were Kloeckner & Co SE NA (DE:KCOGn) which was down 10.38% to 8.5500 in late trade, Deutz AG (DE:DEZG) which lost 8.65% to settle at 6.020 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 6.35% to 112.10 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 447 to 254 and 78 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 7.05% to 18.53.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1229.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.96% or 0.66 to hit $69.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.87 to trade at $80.16 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1520, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8832.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 95.41.

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