Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Telecoms and Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Software and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.02%, while the MDAX index added 0.12%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn), which rose 2.01% or 0.298 points to trade at 15.142 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 1.94% or 0.875 points to end at 45.915 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 1.35% or 0.60 points to 45.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which fell 2.43% or 3.100 points to trade at 124.350 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) declined 2.11% or 0.376 points to end at 17.466 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was down 1.56% or 0.670 points to 42.180.
The top performers on the MDAX were Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which rose 5.47% to 37.69, Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which was up 4.96% to settle at 42.92 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which gained 3.28% to close at 70.900.
The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which was down 3.64% to 12.425 in late trade, Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which lost 2.70% to settle at 24.890 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 2.61% to 71.540 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which rose 5.47% to 37.69, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 2.58% to settle at 2.308 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 2.51% to close at 110.100.
The worst performers were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was down 7.98% to 12.22 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which lost 4.27% to settle at 51.600 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.72% to 22.920 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 372 to 312 and 76 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.28% or 2.250 to 70.900.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.09% to 13.89.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.09% or 1.25 to $1420.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.94% or 0.53 to hit $56.73 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.17 to trade at $63.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1141, while EUR/GBP rose 1.46% to 0.9113.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.828.