Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Media and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Chemicals and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.22%, while the MDAX index gained 0.61%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 2.33% or 0.191 points to trade at 8.401 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.98% or 0.430 points to end at 22.120 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was up 1.90% or 0.168 points to 9.028 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which fell 1.43% or 1.05 points to trade at 72.44 at the close. BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) declined 0.77% or 0.590 points to end at 76.350 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was down 0.68% or 0.60 points to 88.20.
The top performers on the MDAX were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which rose 4.26% to 58.700, Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which was up 3.72% to settle at 22.8700 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 3.46% to close at 42.19.
The worst performers were Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which was down 2.39% to 429.50 in late trade, Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which lost 0.79% to settle at 52.440 and LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was down 0.67% to 104.400 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 5.66% to 143.800, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 2.84% to settle at 326.00 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 2.63% to close at 12.900.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 3.33% to 10.600 in late trade, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which lost 3.22% to settle at 186.250 and Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 3.22% to 46.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 462 to 255 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) fell to 5-year lows; falling 1.43% or 1.05 to 72.44. Shares in BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.77% or 0.590 to 76.350. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; rising 5.66% or 7.700 to 143.800. Shares in Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.84% or 9.00 to 326.00.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.72% to 17.03.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1201.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.37% or 0.25 to hit $67.50 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.30% or 0.23 to trade at $77.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.1602, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 95.07.