Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.50%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.29%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 2.70% or 4.200 points to trade at 159.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 1.43% or 0.77 points to end at 54.67 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 1.26% or 0.080 points to 6.447 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which fell 1.18% or 0.800 points to trade at 66.840 at the close. Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) declined 0.77% or 0.70 points to end at 89.94 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was down 0.40% or 0.500 points to 125.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 5.15% to 68.640, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 2.67% to settle at 41.550 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 2.41% to close at 2.589.
The worst performers were RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) which was down 2.17% to 42.340 in late trade, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which lost 1.58% to settle at 42.440 and Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was down 1.51% to 28.00 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 5.15% to 68.640, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was up 2.70% to settle at 159.700 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 2.44% to close at 16.400.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 3.18% to 21.940 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which lost 2.45% to settle at 9.4160 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which was down 1.44% to 143.700 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 444 to 252 and 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in RTL Group SA (DE:RRTL) fell to all time lows; losing 2.17% or 0.940 to 42.340.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.38% to 16.81.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1284.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.06% or 0.62 to hit $59.25 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.88% or 1.27 to trade at $68.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1200, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8833.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 97.625.