Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverage, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Insurance, Consumer & Cyclical and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.37% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index fell 0.03%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn), which rose 1.64% or 0.465 points to trade at 28.815 at the close. Meanwhile, Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) added 1.56% or 0.210 points to end at 13.680 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) was up 1.08% or 0.125 points to 11.690 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG), which fell 1.32% or 0.840 points to trade at 63.000 at the close. Henkel AG & Co Kgaa Vzo (XETRA:HNKG_p) declined 1.24% or 1.250 points to end at 99.250 and Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) was down 1.16% or 0.820 points to 69.970.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kion Group AG (XETRA:KGX) which rose 5.16% to 36.96, Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which was up 2.07% to settle at 10.075 and Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which gained 1.83% to close at 13.320.
The worst performers were Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which was down 2.39% to 40.146 in late trade, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (XETRA:NOEJ) which lost 2.23% to settle at 44.420 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which was down 1.75% to 55.110 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which rose 4.51% to 13.090, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was up 3.84% to settle at 7.269 and LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) which gained 3.14% to close at 11.995.
The worst performers were Cancom SE O.N. (XETRA:COKG) which was down 1.80% to 38.105 in late trade, Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which lost 1.02% to settle at 34.940 and Xing AG (XETRA:OBCGn) which was down 0.92% to 118.000 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 390 to 349 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Henkel AG & Co Kgaa Vzo (XETRA:HNKG_p) fell to all time highs; down 1.24% or 1.250 to 99.250. Shares in Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) rose to 5-year lows; gaining 3.84% or 0.269 to 7.269.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 19.74.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.36% or 4.40 to $1231.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $53.78 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.23 to trade at $61.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.7402.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 94.33.