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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.65%, while the MDAX index gained 2.49%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.73%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ), which rose 6.29% or 81.00 points to trade at 1,369.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (ETR: AIRG ) added 4.21% or 6.84 points to end at 169.16 and Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR: HEIG ) was up 3.75% or 6.25 points to 172.85 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR: P911_p ), which fell 1.44% or 0.78 points to trade at 53.50 at the close. Qiagen NV (ETR: QIA ) declined 0.44% or 0.16 points to end at 36.08 and Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR: SY1G ) was down 0.34% or 0.32 points to 94.00.

The top performers on the MDAX were AUTO1 Group SE (ETR: AG1G ) which rose 7.80% to 22.38, Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) which was up 7.11% to settle at 72.30 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR: AFXG ) which gained 6.74% to close at 64.10.

The worst performers were Delivery Hero AG (ETR: DHER ) which was down 1.73% to 23.86 in late trade, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR: TKAG ) which lost 0.71% to settle at 8.65 and Stroeer SE (ETR: SAXG ) which was down 0.52% to 57.90 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Hensoldt Ag (ETR: HAGG ) which rose 7.11% to 72.30, Cancom SE O.N. (ETR: COKG ) which was up 6.91% to settle at 27.24 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR: AFXG ) which gained 6.74% to close at 64.10.

The worst performers were Qiagen NV (ETR: QIA ) which was down 0.44% to 36.08 in late trade, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR: DTEGn ) which lost 0.33% to settle at 33.70 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR: SATG_p ) which was down 0.08% to 239.50 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 460 to 172 and 21 ended unchanged.

Shares in Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ) rose to all time highs; rising 6.29% or 81.00 to 1,369.00. Shares in Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR: P911_p ) fell to all time lows; losing 1.44% or 0.78 to 53.50. Shares in Heidelberg Materials AG (ETR: HEIG ) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.75% or 6.25 to 172.85. Shares in Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR: SY1G ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.34% or 0.32 to 94.00.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.83% to 22.81 a new 6-months high.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.28% or 8.41 to $2,999.71 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.08% or 0.72 to hit $67.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.73 to trade at $70.61 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.42% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 103.70.