Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Retail and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Transportation & Logistics, Construction and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.10%, while the MDAX index lost 0.17%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 3.80% or 0.830 points to trade at 22.680 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 1.08% or 0.092 points to end at 8.624 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 0.96% or 0.098 points to 10.354 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn), which fell 2.25% or 0.650 points to trade at 28.280 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 2.20% or 0.470 points to end at 20.850 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) was down 1.34% or 0.940 points to 69.300.
The top performers on the MDAX were Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which rose 1.82% to 48.61, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was up 1.17% to settle at 21.540 and Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which gained 1.01% to close at 59.900.
The worst performers were Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) which was down 1.70% to 10.1000 in late trade, Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which lost 1.20% to settle at 29.56 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE:AT1) which was down 1.19% to 7.085 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 2.55% to 17.865, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was up 2.47% to settle at 159.450 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 1.83% to close at 18.960.
The worst performers were Software AG (DE:SOWGn) which was down 1.64% to 40.760 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which lost 1.60% to settle at 46.710 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 1.39% to 9.540 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 390 to 309 and 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.34% or 0.940 to 69.300. Shares in Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) fell to all time lows; down 1.70% or 0.1750 to 10.1000. Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) rose to all time highs; up 2.47% or 3.850 to 159.450. Shares in United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.60% or 0.760 to 46.710.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.85% to 16.21.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.53% or 6.50 to $1224.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.75% or 0.51 to hit $67.75 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.38 to trade at $72.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1702, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.8930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.35.