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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.23%, while the MDAX index added 0.17%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR: BASFN ), which rose 2.00% or 0.96 points to trade at 48.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (ETR: BAYGN ) added 1.73% or 0.38 points to end at 22.05 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR: VOWG_p ) was up 1.62% or 1.58 points to 98.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Siemens Energy AG (ETR: ENR1n ), which fell 3.17% or 1.90 points to trade at 57.96 at the close. Airbus Group SE (ETR: AIRG ) declined 3.17% or 5.24 points to end at 159.90 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ) was down 2.81% or 7.00 points to 242.00.

The top performers on the MDAX were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (ETR: HLE ) which rose 3.21% to 89.90, K+S AG (ETR: SDFGn ) which was up 2.91% to settle at 13.10 and AUTO1 Group SE (ETR: AG1G ) which gained 2.83% to close at 19.25.

The worst performers were Delivery Hero AG (ETR: DHER ) which was down 3.61% to 27.49 in late trade, Aurubis AG (ETR: NAFG ) which lost 3.02% to settle at 83.60 and Hypoport AG (ETR: HYQGn ) which was down 2.92% to 205.80 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were TeamViewer AG (ETR: TMV ) which rose 2.67% to 12.69, 11 AG (ETR: 1U1 ) which was up 1.93% to settle at 12.70 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR: NDXG ) which gained 1.91% to close at 11.74.

The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ) which was down 2.81% to 242.00 in late trade, Formycon AG (ETR: FYB ) which lost 2.62% to settle at 29.70 and SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR: SMHNn ) which was down 1.77% to 41.65 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 338 to 265 and 42 ended unchanged.

Shares in Formycon AG (ETR: FYB ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.62% or 0.80 to 29.70.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.50% to 20.38 a new 6-months high.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.20% or 5.85 to $2,950.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.06% or 1.49 to hit $70.99 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.94% or 1.48 to trade at $75.00 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 106.56.