Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Software, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Chemicals, Transportation & Logistics and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.13%, while the MDAX index added 0.47%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n), which rose 4.26% or 1.04 points to trade at 25.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) added 2.13% or 2.880 points to end at 137.780 and SAP SE (DE:SAPG) was up 1.55% or 1.830 points to 119.940 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (DE:1COV), which fell 2.08% or 1.140 points to trade at 53.620 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.37% or 1.79 points to end at 128.74 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.22% or 2.84 points to 230.31.
The top performers on the MDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 7.57% to 18.180, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 5.85% to settle at 32.39 and Encavis AG (DE:ECVG) which gained 4.65% to close at 15.530.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 1.51% to 65.950 in late trade, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which lost 1.38% to settle at 6.430 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was down 1.37% to 17.6600 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 7.57% to 18.180, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 5.85% to settle at 32.39 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 3.39% to close at 43.980.
The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 1.51% to 65.950 in late trade, LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which lost 1.24% to settle at 25.580 and United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was down 0.72% to 34.560 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 348 to 321 and 86 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.18% to 17.86.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.76% or 14.25 to $1865.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.78% or 0.55 to hit $71.46 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.58 to trade at $73.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.2125, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8589.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 90.430.