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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.78%, while the MDAX index added 1.02%, and the TecDAX index added 0.06%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR: MTXGn ), which rose 4.64% or 12.90 points to trade at 291.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Brenntag AG (ETR: BNRGn ) added 4.49% or 2.50 points to end at 58.24 and Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR: HEIG ) was up 3.78% or 6.30 points to 172.75 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR: DTEGn ), which fell 4.79% or 1.57 points to trade at 31.18 at the close. Zalando SE (ETR: ZALG ) declined 2.73% or 0.97 points to end at 34.52 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR: CBKG ) was down 1.71% or 0.40 points to 22.95.

The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR: DHER ) which rose 5.65% to 26.57, Gerresheimer AG (ETR: GXIG ) which was up 3.92% to settle at 55.70 and Kion Group AG (ETR: KGX ) which gained 3.88% to close at 36.98.

The worst performers were Puma SE (ETR: PUMG ) which was down 2.49% to 22.73 in late trade, flatexDEGIRO AG (ETR: FTKn ) which lost 1.30% to settle at 21.18 and Freenet AG NA (ETR: FNTGn ) which was down 0.84% to 35.48 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR: EUZG ) which rose 4.81% to 58.80, Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR: NEKG ) which was up 2.37% to settle at 112.30 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR: SHLG ) which gained 2.09% to close at 46.84.

The worst performers were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR: DTEGn ) which was down 4.79% to 31.18 in late trade, Atoss Software AG (ETR: AOFG ) which lost 3.93% to settle at 132.00 and Qiagen NV (ETR: QIA ) which was down 1.57% to 37.02 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 399 to 220 and 34 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.90% to 23.91.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.65% or 55.39 to $3,293.21 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $62.85 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $66.63 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 99.27.