Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Retail sectors led shares higher while losses in the Software, Chemicals and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.09% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index declined 0.22%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 2.57% or 3.90 points to trade at 155.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) added 1.94% or 0.570 points to end at 29.945 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) was up 1.66% or 2.00 points to 122.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which fell 1.90% or 3.60 points to trade at 185.40 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 1.50% or 1.350 points to end at 88.680 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 1.48% or 0.210 points to 13.950.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 2.64% to 133.95, Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which was up 2.48% to settle at 65.791 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 1.78% to close at 42.95.
The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which was down 2.12% to 84.796 in late trade, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which lost 1.76% to settle at 144.75 and Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which was down 1.68% to 562.55 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 6.89% to 127.200, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 6.69% to settle at 13.400 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which gained 5.60% to close at 42.650.
The worst performers were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 1.69% to 98.650 in late trade, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which lost 1.61% to settle at 16.613 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 1.49% to 4.363 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 381 to 376 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.57% or 3.90 to 155.90. Shares in Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.64% or 3.45 to 133.95. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to all time highs; up 6.89% or 8.200 to 127.200. Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 3-years highs; rising 6.69% or 0.840 to 13.400.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.62% to 12.23.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.54% or 6.88 to $1278.68 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.35% or 0.19 to hit $54.09 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.21 to trade at $60.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1635, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8809.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 94.45.