Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Insurance and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retail, Basic Resources and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.14%, while the MDAX index lost 0.30%, and the TecDAX index added 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which rose 0.91% or 1.00 points to trade at 110.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 0.76% or 0.074 points to end at 9.776 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 0.53% or 0.120 points to 22.610 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which fell 2.06% or 2.90 points to trade at 137.94 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 1.77% or 0.78 points to end at 43.41 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was down 1.26% or 0.700 points to 55.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which rose 1.69% to 52.820, Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which was up 1.20% to settle at 107.56 and Talanx AG NA O.N. (DE:TLXGn) which gained 1.05% to close at 32.860.
The worst performers were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 3.77% to 54.950 in late trade, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which lost 3.68% to settle at 38.240 and Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 3.35% to 56.200 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 4.03% to 22.950, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was up 4.02% to settle at 26.38 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 2.33% to close at 195.750.
The worst performers were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 3.17% to 58.00 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 2.95% to settle at 13.810 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.62% to 30.420 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 378 to 338 and 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.03% or 0.890 to 22.950. Shares in S&T AG (DE:SANT1) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.02% or 1.02 to 26.38. Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.33% or 4.450 to 195.750.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.11% to 16.78.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.50 to $1206.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.44% or 0.31 to hit $70.08 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.50 to trade at $78.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1617, while EUR/GBP rose 0.73% to 0.9018.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 95.06.