Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Resources, Retail and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.63%, while the MDAX index fell 1.00%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which rose 0.75% or 0.640 points to trade at 85.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) added 0.74% or 0.105 points to end at 14.200 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was up 0.68% or 0.105 points to 15.535 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which fell 2.69% or 1.280 points to trade at 46.310 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) declined 1.80% or 1.22 points to end at 66.59 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was down 1.76% or 1.62 points to 90.44.
The top performers on the MDAX were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which rose 2.29% to 38.420, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was up 2.03% to settle at 48.300 and Grand City Properties SA (DE:GYC) which gained 1.43% to close at 21.30.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 7.71% to 96.9000 in late trade, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which lost 4.51% to settle at 7.71 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 4.35% to 46.870 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dr. Hoenle AG O.N. (DE:HNLG) which rose 4.76% to 52.800, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 4.22% to settle at 21.720 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 2.10% to close at 268.00.
The worst performers were Koenig & Bauer AG ST O.N. (DE:SKBG) which was down 4.82% to 41.820 in late trade, Zooplus AG (DE:ZO1G) which lost 4.72% to settle at 107.00 and SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 4.04% to 9.98 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 465 to 236 and 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zooplus AG (DE:ZO1G) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.72% or 5.30 to 107.00.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 7.56% to 17.79.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.34% or 4.45 to $1302.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.73% or 2.00 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 3.13% or 1.93 to trade at $59.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1441, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8685.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.345.