Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.02%, while the MDAX index added 0.06%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which rose 2.00% or 1.93 points to trade at 98.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 1.63% or 1.80 points to end at 111.90 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was up 1.09% or 0.990 points to 91.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 5.31% or 1.075 points to trade at 19.155 at the close. Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) declined 1.88% or 1.600 points to end at 83.700 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was down 1.78% or 0.200 points to 11.030.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which rose 2.39% to 75.000, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was up 1.93% to settle at 39.355 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which gained 1.26% to close at 54.830.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 2.42% to 37.295 in late trade, Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which lost 2.10% to settle at 92.420 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 2.06% to 71.700 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 3.71% to 10.090, Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which was up 2.62% to settle at 27.585 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 1.46% to close at 47.890.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 2.32% to 37.085 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 2.19% to settle at 11.185 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 1.33% to 12.655 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 410 to 340 and 38 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.93% or 0.745 to 39.355.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.55% to 12.27.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.06% or 13.74 to $1311.24 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.03% or 1.03 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.39% or 1.35 to trade at $57.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.96% to 1.1842, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8809.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 92.48.