Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction, Media and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.37%, while the MDAX index lost 0.53%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which rose 2.36% or 0.54 points to trade at 23.43 at the close. Meanwhile, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn) added 2.06% or 4.70 points to end at 233.40 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) was up 1.84% or 4.50 points to 248.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p), which fell 2.79% or 2.11 points to trade at 73.54 at the close. Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN) declined 2.19% or 0.62 points to end at 27.48 and RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG) was down 1.67% or 0.57 points to 33.61.
The top performers on the MDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which rose 1.64% to 68.00, Knorr-Bremse AG (ETR:KBX) which was up 1.26% to settle at 72.45 and Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which gained 1.02% to close at 109.00.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (ETR:EVDG) which was down 4.05% to 79.45 in late trade, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:TKAG) which lost 3.18% to settle at 4.27 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was down 2.61% to 13.44 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (ETR:COKG) which rose 5.46% to 31.70, Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:SMHNn) which was up 2.46% to settle at 62.50 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which gained 1.84% to close at 248.50.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:COP1n) which was down 6.89% to 25.14 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which lost 2.61% to settle at 13.44 and Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which was down 1.91% to 231.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 348 to 252 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:TKAG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.18% or 0.14 to 4.27. Shares in CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:COP1n) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.89% or 1.86 to 25.14. Shares in Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:SMHNn) rose to all time highs; up 2.46% or 1.50 to 62.50.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.57% to 12.97.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.05% or 1.10 to $2,326.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.40% or 1.81 to hit $77.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.15% or 1.71 to trade at $81.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.22% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 104.81.