Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Construction and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.34%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.39%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.65%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 6.07% or 0.742 points to trade at 12.967 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 5.57% or 7.47 points to end at 141.47 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 4.64% or 0.821 points to 18.506 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which fell 1.92% or 2.150 points to trade at 109.550 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 1.00% or 0.240 points to end at 23.660 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was down 0.89% or 0.90 points to 100.75.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which rose 7.30% to 42.06, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 6.03% to settle at 83.380 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which gained 5.84% to close at 49.31.
The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 0.89% to 60.950 in late trade, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which lost 0.73% to settle at 67.740 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which was down 0.53% to 43.000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 6.03% to 83.380, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 5.83% to settle at 326.50 and Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which gained 5.47% to close at 35.12.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 1.92% to 109.550 in late trade, SAP SE (DE:SAPG) which unchanged 0.00% to settle at 103.000 and Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which was up 0.13% to 30.190 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 513 to 208 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) rose to all time highs; up 5.83% or 18.00 to 326.50.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.82% to 15.09.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.25% or 3.25 to $1295.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.34% or 1.41 to hit $61.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.13% or 1.44 to trade at $69.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1205, while EUR/GBP fell 0.86% to 0.8538.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.857.