Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Software and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.16% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index declined 0.61%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 3.06% or 0.288 points to trade at 9.688 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 2.73% or 0.530 points to end at 19.915 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was up 1.35% or 2.60 points to 195.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 2.34% or 0.345 points to trade at 14.375 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.50% or 0.350 points to end at 23.015 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was down 1.30% or 2.30 points to 175.10.
The top performers on the MDAX were Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which rose 1.25% to 37.945, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was up 1.04% to settle at 44.12 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 1.02% to close at 51.35.
The worst performers were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which was down 8.20% to 20.660 in late trade, Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which lost 2.29% to settle at 3.66 and Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 2.13% to 17.895 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which rose 6.34% to 6.441, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was up 3.11% to settle at 10.950 and Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which gained 1.68% to close at 29.685.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 5.73% to 19.915 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 3.14% to settle at 12.490 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 1.04% to 105.000 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 386 to 365 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.06% or 0.288 to 9.688. Shares in Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) fell to all time lows; down 2.29% or 0.09 to 3.66.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.11% to 12.11.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.81% or 10.39 to $1285.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.75% or 0.37 to hit $49.66 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.27 to trade at $55.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1749, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.51.