Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction, Consumer & Cyclical and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.37%, while the MDAX index declined 0.49%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 0.39% or 0.075 points to trade at 19.220 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 0.29% or 0.027 points to end at 9.483 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was up 0.28% or 0.070 points to 25.255 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which fell 1.36% or 2.25 points to trade at 162.60 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 1.28% or 2.40 points to end at 185.30 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was down 1.20% or 1.090 points to 89.540.
The top performers on the MDAX were Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which rose 2.09% to 11.74, Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which was up 1.12% to settle at 37.430 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which gained 1.04% to close at 9.243.
The worst performers were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which was down 3.81% to 80.030 in late trade, Hannover Rueck SE (DE:HNRGn) which lost 2.02% to settle at 102.05 and Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was down 1.53% to 85.520 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 2.32% to 9.500, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 2.19% to settle at 16.590 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 1.22% to close at 34.795.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.17% to 11.285 in late trade, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which lost 2.21% to settle at 15.520 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 1.99% to 81.890 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 510 to 247 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.19% or 0.355 to 16.590.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.11% to 15.33.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.07% or 13.83 to $1311.73 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.34% or 1.60 to hit $46.27 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.23% or 0.64 to trade at $51.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.1977, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.9261.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 92.17.