Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Financial Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.25% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index added 0.42%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 2.04% or 0.181 points to trade at 9.072 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 1.54% or 0.960 points to end at 63.340 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 1.17% or 1.15 points to 99.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 2.26% or 0.500 points to trade at 21.600 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 1.59% or 0.390 points to end at 24.170 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 1.25% or 0.270 points to 21.280.
The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which rose 2.61% to 24.410, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was up 1.94% to settle at 38.840 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 1.78% to close at 25.670.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 1.75% to 45.570 in late trade, Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which lost 1.38% to settle at 68.100 and Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which was down 1.24% to 67.600 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which rose 6.70% to 21.980, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was up 3.88% to settle at 33.50 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 2.24% to close at 127.800.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 8.48% to 11.852 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 4.52% to settle at 61.200 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 3.02% to 13.470 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 412 to 277 and 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.61% or 0.620 to 24.410. Shares in Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) fell to 52-week lows; falling 4.52% or 2.900 to 61.200.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.29% to 15.68.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 5.60 to $1317.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.38% or 0.26 to hit $68.36 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.74 to trade at $74.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.42% to 1.2080, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8789.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 91.61.