Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Construction and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.64%, while the MDAX index lost 0.90%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which rose 1.39% or 1.600 points to trade at 116.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) added 0.73% or 0.80 points to end at 111.04 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was up 0.32% or 0.280 points to 87.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG), which fell 2.65% or 2.270 points to trade at 83.500 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 2.57% or 1.480 points to end at 56.130 and Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1) was down 2.03% or 4.3000 points to 207.9000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which rose 1.78% to 27.38, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was up 1.29% to settle at 26.700 and Scout24 AG (DE:G24n) which gained 0.78% to close at 41.600.
The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 5.93% to 50.750 in late trade, Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which lost 3.44% to settle at 37.00 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 3.40% to 11.21 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which rose 2.33% to 182.450, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 1.35% to settle at 9.880 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which gained 1.21% to close at 75.500.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 6.60% to 28.320 in late trade, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which lost 3.40% to settle at 24.40 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 3.22% to 41.460 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 469 to 231 and 75 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 5.93% or 3.200 to 50.750.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.88% to 14.37.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.30 to $1205.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.23% or 1.58 to hit $72.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.76% or 2.16 to trade at $80.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1772, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8970.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.68.