Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Technology and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Consumer & Cyclical and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.41%, while the MDAX index lost 0.06%, and the TecDAX index added 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn), which rose 1.08% or 0.103 points to trade at 9.618 at the close. Meanwhile, Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) added 0.56% or 0.480 points to end at 86.630 and Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (XETRA:HEIG) was up 0.54% or 0.380 points to 70.560 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Henkel AG & Co Kgaa Vzo (XETRA:HNKG_p), which fell 2.61% or 2.600 points to trade at 96.840 at the close. K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) declined 1.41% or 0.530 points to end at 36.970 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (XETRA:DTEGn) was down 1.01% or 0.165 points to 16.250.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which rose 2.63% to 31.745, Aurubis AG (XETRA:NAFG) which was up 2.28% to settle at 59.310 and Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) which gained 1.53% to close at 16.600.
The worst performers were Hochtief AG (XETRA:HOTG) which was down 2.01% to 77.120 in late trade, Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which lost 1.90% to settle at 50.899 and Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which was down 1.41% to 13.635 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Xing AG (XETRA:OBCGn) which rose 4.42% to 192.600, Dialog Semiconductor (XETRA:DLGS) which was up 2.86% to settle at 42.500 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which gained 2.63% to close at 204.750.
The worst performers were Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which was down 3.93% to 40.225 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) which lost 2.66% to settle at 90.340 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was down 2.36% to 31.440 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 405 to 341 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Xing AG (XETRA:OBCGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.42% or 8.150 to 192.600. Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; up 2.63% or 5.250 to 204.750.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.02% to 21.18.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.49% or 5.50 to $1118.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.32% or 0.14 to hit $42.97 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.04 to trade at $49.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.1077, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.7106.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 96.83.