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

The Frankfurt close saw the addition of 1.62%, which was a new 1-month record, while the index increased 1.08% and the index added 2.66%.

Sartorius AG VZO O.N. was the best performer of the session. (ETR:) rose 5.93%, or 20.30 point to trade at 362.90 by the end. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR) added 4.64%, or 1.28 points, to finish at 29.00 Siemens Healthineers AG In late trade, the ETR was at 56.28 with a 4.45% increase or 2.40 point.

RWE AG ST O.N. was the worst performer of the session. (ETR) dropped 2.97% to 40.46, or 1.24 point. E.ON SE (ETR:) declined 2.33% or 0.23 points to end at 9.65 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (ETR:) was down 1.66% or 1.04 points to 61.66.

These were the top performers on MDAX Aixtron SE (ETR) rose by 4.25%, to 26.99. Carl Zeiss Meditec AG was up 3.86% and settled at 125.00. Sixt SE(ETR) gained 3.83% to close the deal at 119.20.

The worst performers were K&S AG (ETR:) which was down 5.68% to 25.22 in late trade, Uniper SE (ETR:), which fell by 1.46% to settle for 24.22 Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (ETR) was at its lowest point of 2.90, down 0.79 percent.

Sartorius AG VZO O.N. and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. were the top performers in the TecDAX. (ETR) rose 5.93%, to 362.90. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR) was at 2.09, which was up by 4.64%. Siemens Healthineers AG ETR:: was at 26.28.

The worst performers were 11 AG (ETR:) which was down 0.91% to 19.53 in late trade, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (ETR:) which lost 0.79% to settle at 2.90 and S&T AG (ETR:) which was down 0.50% to 15.92 at the close.

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpass declining ones by 525 to157, and ended the day unchanged.

E.ON SE (ETR) shares fell by 2.33%, or 0.23 to 9.65. Aixtron SE’s shares rose to their 5-year peak; they rose by 4.25%, or 1.10 to 29.99.

The, which tracks the implied volatility for DAX options was at its lowest point in three months, fell to 22,01 from 6.06%.

The June Gold Futures were up 0.8%, or 3.35, to $1.850.95 per troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil rose 0.59 percent or 0.52% to $114.68 per barrel in July. The August Brent oil contract rose 0.94 percent or 0.82% to $115.11 per barrel.

EUR/USD was unaffected by 0.15%, 1.07 and 0.85 respectively.

At 101.87, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.01%.