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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 2.49% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index added 1.85%, and the TecDAX index gained 2.47%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR: ENR1n ), which rose 7.49% or 5.06 points to trade at 72.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (ETR: AIRG ) added 5.33% or 7.84 points to end at 154.94 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ) was up 5.14% or 77.00 points to 1,576.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Munich Reinsurance (ETR: MUVGn ), which fell 3.72% or 22.40 points to trade at 579.20 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR: RWEG ) declined 3.07% or 1.05 points to end at 33.15 and BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR: BASFN ) was down 0.54% or 0.24 points to 44.39.

The top performers on the MDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR: AIXGn ) which rose 9.35% to 12.92, United Internet AG NA (ETR: UTDI ) which was up 5.58% to settle at 21.00 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR: DHER ) which gained 4.88% to close at 26.00.

The worst performers were RTL Group SA (ETR: RRTL ) which was down 10.00% to 32.40 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (ETR: TMV ) which lost 1.11% to settle at 13.32 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR: AT1 ) which was down 0.53% to 2.61 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR: AIXGn ) which rose 9.35% to 12.92, IONOS Group SE (ETR: IOSn ) which was up 6.48% to settle at 31.20 and Siltronic AG (ETR: WAFGn ) which gained 6.29% to close at 37.84.

The worst performers were PNE Wind AG (ETR: PNEGn ) which was down 1.95% to 15.10 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (ETR: TMV ) which lost 1.11% to settle at 13.32 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR: AFXG ) which was down 0.50% to 59.80 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 478 to 155 and 23 ended unchanged.

Shares in Siemens Energy AG (ETR: ENR1n ) rose to all time highs; up 7.49% or 5.06 to 72.60. Shares in Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ) rose to all time highs; up 5.14% or 77.00 to 1,576.00. Shares in IONOS Group SE (ETR: IOSn ) rose to all time highs; rising 6.48% or 1.90 to 31.20.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.60% to 23.40.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.43% or 13.99 to $3,236.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.54% or 0.91 to hit $58.33 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.27% or 0.79 to trade at $61.34 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.13, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 99.65.