Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Transportation & Logistics and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Software and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.00%, while the MDAX index gained 0.52%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 3.61% or 7.88 points to trade at 226.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 2.76% or 3.44 points to end at 128.22 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was up 2.75% or 2.115 points to 79.110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which fell 2.35% or 1.060 points to trade at 44.105 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) declined 1.02% or 0.54 points to end at 52.16 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was down 0.93% or 0.650 points to 69.510.
The top performers on the MDAX were K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which rose 5.27% to 11.717, Porsche Automobil Holding SE (DE:PSHG_p) which was up 3.60% to settle at 95.460 and Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which gained 2.48% to close at 751.40.
The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 6.58% to 20.375 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 3.21% to settle at 32.84 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 2.87% to 65.610 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which rose 2.41% to 35.200, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 1.94% to settle at 2.263 and Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which gained 1.52% to close at 137.000.
The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 6.58% to 20.375 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 3.21% to settle at 32.84 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 2.87% to 65.610 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 395 to 290 and 71 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.06% to 20.47.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.80% or 14.15 to $1783.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.29% or 1.63 to hit $72.92 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.69% or 1.24 to trade at $74.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1911, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8558.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 91.885.