Germany stocks slightly up.

Germany stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Software, Consumer and Cyclical and Media sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.47%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.48%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.30%. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 390 to 278 and 91 ended unchanged. The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 6.28% to 13.74.

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