Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.75%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.69%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 8.38% or 5.300 points to trade at 68.540 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1) added 6.23% or 12.7000 points to end at 216.4000 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 3.21% or 2.840 points to 91.420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 4.51% or 0.980 points to trade at 20.760 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 1.98% or 0.420 points to end at 20.740 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 1.36% or 0.290 points to 20.960.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which rose 3.20% to 68.440, Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which was up 3.18% to settle at 438.50 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 2.95% to close at 34.50.
The worst performers were Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 1.50% to 10.85 in late trade, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which lost 0.96% to settle at 47.58 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which was down 0.78% to 107.46 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 5.87% to 9.232, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 5.38% to settle at 19.828 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 4.41% to close at 110.100.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 6.32% to 8.680 in late trade, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which lost 1.19% to settle at 24.92 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 0.89% to 20.000 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 430 to 270 and 75 ended unchanged.
Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) fell to 3-years lows; down 0.89% or 0.180 to 20.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.48% to 14.65.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 3.30 to $1192.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.90% or 1.39 to hit $74.64 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 1.54 to trade at $84.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1569, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8877.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.97.