Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

The index fell 0.65% at Frankfurt’s close, while it lost 0.65%.

They were the top performers at the session Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:), rose 1.78%, or 0.216 points, to trade at 12.366 by the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:), added 1.70% to 40.140, and Allianz SE VNA O.N. Late trade saw a 1.16% increase in (DE:), or 2.55 point to 222.55

These were the worst performers of the session. Delivery Hero AG (DE:), that fell 13.50% or 13.26 Points to trade at 84.94 by the close. Puma SE, DE:), fell 2.58% or 2.65 to close at 100.10. HelloFresh SE (DE:), was at 59.34 with a drop of 2.56%, or 1.56 points.

Top performers in the MDAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:), which rose by 3.50% and 7.865, Aixtron SE (DE:), which rose 3.30%, settled at 18.450 Lanxess AG (DE) closed at 58.520 after gaining 2.42%

These were the worst performers Evotec AG O.N. O.N. Kion Group AG (DE:), which fell 2.79% to close at 94.70

Aixtron SE (DE) rose 3.30% and reached 18.450. Infineon Technologies NA O.N. was the best performer on the TecDAX. (DE:), which was up 1.7% to settle at 40.140 Morphosys AG O.N. (DE) which gained 0.533% to close at 30,530

Evotec AG O.N. were the worst-performing. (DE:), which fell 5.30% – 37.560 during late trade Nagarro SE (DE) lost 5.04% and settled at 179.00. Carl Zeiss Meditec AG was also down at 17.0.250.

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 405 to 288 while 87 ended the same.

Shares in Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE): Shares in Commerzbank AG O.N. rose to 52-week peak; increasing 3.50%, or 0.266, to 7.865.

The, which is used to measure implied volatility for DAX options was higher by 5.65% to 18.70

For February delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.42% to $1796.75 or 7.55 oz. In commodities trading, crude oil delivery for February dropped 0.86%, or 0.68, to reach $78.78 per barrel. The March Brent oil contract, however, fell 0.29 or 0.35% to trade at $81.70 per barrel.

EUR/USD rose by 0.58%, to 1.1357. EUR/GBP climbed 0.255% to 0.8363.

At 95.780, the US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.57%.