Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Food & Beverages and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 2.74%, while the MDAX index added 2.61%, and the TecDAX index added 2.62%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which rose 7.72% or 0.805 points to trade at 11.235 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn) added 5.21% or 1.240 points to end at 25.040 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) was up 5.21% or 0.660 points to 13.335 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGn), which fell 24.66% or 7.645 points to trade at 23.355 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) added 1.11% or 2.150 points to end at 195.000 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) was up 1.26% or 1.160 points to 93.520.
The top performers on the MDAX were Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which rose 6.73% to 35.150, Duerr AG O.N. (XETRA:DUEG) which was up 6.73% to settle at 68.060 and Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (XETRA:GWIG) which gained 6.11% to close at 14.150.
The worst performers were Rheinmetall AG (XETRA:RHMG) which was down 1.16% to 56.130 in late trade, Celesio AG Nam. O.N. (XETRA:CLSGn) which lost 0.44% to settle at 24.610 and Sky Deutschland AG NA (XETRA:SKYDn) which was unchanged 0.00% to 6.813 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (XETRA:NDXG) which rose 7.95% to 26.940, Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was up 7.83% to settle at 36.080 and United Internet AG NA (XETRA:UTDI) which gained 4.52% to close at 47.035.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 2.15% to 5.232 in late trade, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which lost 0.52% to settle at 28.850 and Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which was down 0.28% to 9.394 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 579 to 107 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Celesio AG Nam. O.N. (XETRA:CLSGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.44% or 0.110 to 24.610. Shares in United Internet AG NA (XETRA:UTDI) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.52% or 2.035 to 47.035.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.50% to 25.66.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.29% or 3.30 to $1133.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.31% or 1.05 to hit $46.59 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.79% or 1.34 to trade at $49.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1180, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.7377.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 96.23.