Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Insurance and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 1.45%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.06%, and the TecDAX index added 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which rose 5.08% or 2.420 points to trade at 50.040 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 4.79% or 0.391 points to end at 8.561 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) was up 2.92% or 3.850 points to 135.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which fell 1.79% or 2.050 points to trade at 112.500 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 1.70% or 3.45 points to end at 199.25 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was down 0.57% or 0.56 points to 97.36.
The top performers on the MDAX were Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which rose 5.17% to 83.400, Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was up 3.97% to settle at 18.0800 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 3.87% to close at 3.597.
The worst performers were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 13.19% to 45.820 in late trade, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which lost 1.34% to settle at 177.10 and Grand City Properties SA (DE:GYC) which was down 1.23% to 20.88 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aumann AG (DE:AAGG) which rose 10.42% to 39.7500, SGL Carbon SE (DE:SGCG) which was up 5.70% to settle at 9.090 and Sixt AG ST O.N. (DE:SIXG) which gained 4.78% to close at 82.250.
The worst performers were Shop Apotheke Europe NV (DE:SAEG) which was down 2.65% to 40.400 in late trade, Indus Holding AG (DE:INHG) which lost 1.08% to settle at 41.200 and Hapag Lloyd AG (DE:HLAG) which was down 0.99% to 29.9600 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 484 to 226 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 13.19% or 6.960 to 45.820.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.74% to 19.06.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.01% or 0.10 to $1229.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.52% or 1.27 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.76% or 1.63 to trade at $60.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1343, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.882.