Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction, Consumer & Cyclical and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.06%, while the MDAX index fell 0.44%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Hannover Rueck SE (ETR:HNRGn), which rose 5.23% or 11.30 points to trade at 227.40 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG) added 1.70% or 0.54 points to end at 32.36 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) was up 1.41% or 7.60 points to 546.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p), which fell 2.90% or 7.20 points to trade at 241.10 at the close. Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) declined 1.32% or 0.39 points to end at 29.07 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (ETR:BEIG) was down 1.11% or 1.40 points to 124.55.
The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which rose 7.10% to 5.40, Jenoptik AG (ETR:JENGn) which was up 3.42% to settle at 28.42 and Kion Group AG (ETR:KGX) which gained 2.09% to close at 33.70.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was down 5.33% to 60.35 in late trade, Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (ETR:BOSSn) which lost 3.50% to settle at 36.40 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which was down 3.07% to 20.86 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG (ETR:JENGn) which rose 3.42% to 28.42, Freenet AG NA (ETR:FNTGn) which was up 1.46% to settle at 25.02 and Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR:EUZG) which gained 1.34% to close at 42.42.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was down 5.33% to 60.35 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which lost 2.90% to settle at 241.10 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 2.81% to 13.14 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 319 to 274 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.33% or 3.40 to 60.35. Shares in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.33% or 3.40 to 60.35.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.51% to 18.52.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.23% or 30.35 to $2,503.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.41% or 1.85 to hit $78.69 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.93% or 1.54 to trade at $81.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 103.00.