Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Software, Food & Beverages and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.53%, while the MDAX index declined 0.12%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which rose 1.26% or 1.16 points to trade at 92.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 0.95% or 0.52 points to end at 55.34 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was up 0.38% or 0.400 points to 107.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn), which fell 3.75% or 1.860 points to trade at 47.760 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 3.26% or 0.740 points to end at 21.990 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was down 3.20% or 2.260 points to 68.260.
The top performers on the MDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 5.94% to 91.9000, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was up 2.64% to settle at 28.780 and Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) which gained 2.57% to close at 15.9450.
The worst performers were Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 4.96% to 31.020 in late trade, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which lost 2.79% to settle at 35.500 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 2.43% to 25.740 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 5.91% to 91.875, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was up 2.64% to settle at 28.780 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 1.74% to close at 59.720.
The worst performers were United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was down 1.82% to 28.620 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which lost 1.25% to settle at 27.750 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 1.16% to 55.450 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 451 to 260 and 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.57% or 0.4000 to 15.9450. Shares in United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) fell to 5-year lows; falling 1.82% or 0.530 to 28.620.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.92% to 15.13.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.32% or 18.45 to $1418.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.63 to trade at $63.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1387, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8943.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.585.