Greater interest rate concerns cost the Dax a large part of its weekly profit on Friday. The leading German index ended trading at 15,482.00 points, down 0.33 percent. The MDax for medium-sized companies fell by 0.59 percent to 28,857.81 points.

The Dax did not come close to its annual high of 15,658 points reached in February this week with a peak of 15,634 points. The weekly plus decreased to 1.1 percent with Friday’s result.