Germany equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical, Basic Resources and Transportation & Logistics sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.15% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index gained 0.91%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.72%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 6.90% or 11.80 points to trade at 182.80 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 4.45% or 1.120 points to end at 26.300 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was up 3.10% or 2.020 points to 67.140 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which lost 0.51% or 0.46 points to trade at 89.66 in late trade. Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) declined 0.37% or 0.70 points to end at 188.20 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) shed 0.34% or 0.320 points to 92.560.

The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 6.23% to 0.51, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was up 2.93% to settle at 114.300 and Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which gained 2.85% to close at 558.90.

The worst performers were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 12.68% to 11.395 in late trade, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which lost 1.03% to settle at 25.040 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 0.85% to 22.160 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which rose 5.43% to 32.640, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 3.35% to settle at 14.200 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 3.13% to close at 59.250.