Germany shares lower at close of trade; DAX down 1.43%

Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Transportation&Logistics and Pharmaceuticals&Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.43%, while the MDAX index fell 1.54%, and the TecDAX index lost 2.27%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn), which rose 1.51% or 3.10 points to trade at 208.20 at the close. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn) added 0.80% or 2.20 points to end at 278.50 and Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) was up 0.78% or 0.25 points to 32.30 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p), which lost 6.90% or 17.10 points to trade at 230.90 in late trade. Mercedes Benz Group AG (ETR:MBGn) declined 6.81% or 4.02 points to end at 54.99 and Brenntag AG (ETR:BNRGn) shed 5.91% or 3.86 points to 61.48.

The top performers on the MDAX were LEG Immobilien AG (ETR:LEGn) which rose 0.17% to 92.16, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:TEGG) which was unchanged 0.00% to settle at 15.95 and Scout24 AG (ETR:G24n) which lost 0.13% to close at 75.50.

The worst performers were Puma SE (ETR:PUMG) which was down 6.47% to 35.27 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (ETR:JUNG_p) which lost 5.51% to settle at 25.74 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which was down 5.36% to 6.01 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which rose 1.25% to 129.80, SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn) which was up 0.71% to settle at 56.90 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) which gained 0.19% to close at 26.07.

The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which was down 6.90% to 230.90 in late trade, Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG) which lost 6.55% to settle at 64.20 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) which was down 5.72% to 29.07 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 444 to 178 and 23 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.83% to 14.20.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.20% or 31.30 to $2,645.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $70.94 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.44 to trade at $74.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 100.44.