Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Transportation & Logistics and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.34%, while the MDAX index declined 0.48%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which rose 1.93% or 0.570 points to trade at 30.050 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 0.71% or 0.125 points to end at 17.850 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was up 0.53% or 0.60 points to 113.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which fell 4.17% or 1.270 points to trade at 29.150 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 1.28% or 0.52 points to end at 40.21 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was down 1.24% or 1.180 points to 93.620.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which rose 2.27% to 72.960, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was up 1.63% to settle at 15.55 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which gained 1.37% to close at 92.000.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 4.17% to 0.39 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 3.25% to settle at 15.930 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 1.80% to 13.080 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 8.37% to 11.390, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was up 2.50% to settle at 13.530 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 1.63% to close at 13.110.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.85% to 46.05 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 2.73% to settle at 78.500 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 2.42% to 20.200 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 399 to 316 and 104 ended unchanged.
Shares in Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.25% or 0.535 to 15.930. Shares in Covestro AG (DE:1COV) rose to all time highs; rising 1.37% or 1.240 to 92.000.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.45% to 12.05.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.43% or 5.80 to $1340.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.22 to trade at $70.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.2271, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8889.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 90.17.