Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.15% to hit a new 1-month low, while the MDAX index declined 0.38%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 2.44% or 0.580 points to trade at 24.330 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 1.84% or 0.850 points to end at 47.090 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 1.81% or 1.240 points to 69.620 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which fell 2.88% or 1.71 points to trade at 57.59 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) declined 2.31% or 0.445 points to end at 18.785 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was down 1.46% or 0.690 points to 46.430.
The top performers on the MDAX were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which rose 1.65% to 27.120, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was up 1.52% to settle at 41.380 and Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which gained 1.52% to close at 80.160.
The worst performers were Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was down 7.08% to 67.760 in late trade, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which lost 4.36% to settle at 13.3900 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which was down 4.33% to 33.16 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 1.95% to 8.895, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 1.30% to settle at 77.650 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which gained 0.68% to close at 35.280.
The worst performers were S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was down 4.72% to 21.40 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 3.45% to settle at 12.590 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 3.45% to 43.600 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 484 to 225 and 69 ended unchanged.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.44% or 0.580 to 24.330. Shares in Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.88% or 1.71 to 57.59. Shares in Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.36% or 0.6100 to 13.3900. Shares in Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.45% or 1.560 to 43.600.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 1.59% to 17.94.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.83% or 10.95 to $1329.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $58.98 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.19 to trade at $66.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1322, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8588.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 95.982.