Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financial Services , Food & Beverages and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms , Construction and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.94%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.38%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.39%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Vonovia SE (ETR: VNAn ), which rose 5.94% or 1.51 points to trade at 26.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Qiagen NV (ETR: QIA ) added 3.08% or 1.09 points to end at 36.31 and Merck KGaA (ETR: MRCG ) was up 2.53% or 2.85 points to 115.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR: MTXGn ), which fell 5.81% or 16.60 points to trade at 268.90 at the close. Siemens AG Class N (ETR: SIEGn ) declined 3.35% or 6.26 points to end at 180.68 and Airbus Group SE (ETR: AIRG ) was down 3.33% or 4.64 points to 134.86.

The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG (ETR: SDFGn ) which rose 7.37% to 13.69, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR: TEGG ) which was up 6.76% to settle at 13.10 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR: AT1 ) which gained 6.38% to close at 2.50.

The worst performers were HelloFresh SE (ETR: HFGG ) which was down 5.38% to 7.28 in late trade, Delivery Hero AG (ETR: DHER ) which lost 3.13% to settle at 22.32 and AUTO1 Group SE (ETR: AG1G ) which was down 2.93% to 17.21 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were 11 AG (ETR: 1U1 ) which rose 3.54% to 14.64, Qiagen NV (ETR: QIA ) which was up 3.08% to settle at 36.31 and IONOS Group SE (ETR: IOSn ) which gained 2.98% to close at 27.65.

The worst performers were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR: DTEGn ) which was down 3.22% to 30.68 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (ETR: JENGn ) which lost 2.85% to settle at 15.66 and SAP SE (ETR: SAPG ) which was down 2.26% to 224.80 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 319 to 302 and 24 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.04% to 21.14.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 2.65% or 84.09 to $3,261.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.90% or 0.54 to hit $60.61 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.54 to trade at $63.87 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.15% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.48% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.74% at 99.86.