Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.29%, while the MDAX index declined 0.07%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 2.34% or 0.330 points to trade at 14.460 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 1.60% or 0.51 points to end at 32.09 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 0.74% or 0.120 points to 16.355 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 1.84% or 0.116 points to trade at 6.187 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 1.28% or 0.170 points to end at 13.155 and Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (DE:BMWG) was down 1.00% or 0.800 points to 79.370.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which rose 3.85% to 41.525, Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (DE:DWNG) which was up 1.82% to settle at 29.720 and Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which gained 1.70% to close at 4.84.
The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 6.41% to 63.180 in late trade, Rhoen Klinikum AG (DE:RHKG) which lost 2.82% to settle at 25.355 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was down 2.72% to 9.36 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which rose 5.93% to 64.980, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was up 5.30% to settle at 32.770 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 3.26% to close at 12.335.
The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 2.34% to 41.360 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 2.18% to settle at 35.750 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 1.93% to 82.670 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 540 to 347 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.74% or 0.120 to 16.355. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.30% or 1.650 to 32.770.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 10.36% to 20.53 a new 1-month high.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1275.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.14% or 1.53 to hit $47.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.41% or 1.73 to trade at $48.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.0976, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8977.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 98.36.