Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Telecoms and Retail sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.45%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.72%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.51%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 4.03% or 0.504 points to trade at 13.018 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) added 2.92% or 4.95 points to end at 174.45 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 2.67% or 0.405 points to 15.590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 0.33% or 0.026 points to trade at 8.018 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 0.38% or 0.100 points to end at 26.380 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 0.49% or 1.10 points to 223.60.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which rose 2.93% to 73.100, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 2.79% to settle at 80.300 and Gerresheimer AG (BS:GXId) which gained 2.72% to close at 65.948.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 4.45% to 0.38 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 2.55% to settle at 14.890 and MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which was down 2.19% to 133.70 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which rose 7.13% to 73.650, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 6.36% to settle at 20.060 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 5.17% to close at 14.345.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.49% to 37.25 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 1.27% to settle at 10.925 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 0.89% to 111.000 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 615 to 140 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.55% or 0.390 to 14.890.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 28.09% to 28.81.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.93% or 12.30 to $1328.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.39% or 0.82 to hit $60.02 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.63 to trade at $63.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2271, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 90.15.