Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Media and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.73% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.99%, and the TecDAX index added 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn), which rose 2.72% or 1.930 points to trade at 72.830 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG) added 2.22% or 1.950 points to end at 89.650 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) was up 1.62% or 3.650 points to 228.650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG), which fell 1.12% or 0.260 points to trade at 22.925 at the close. Deutsche Telekom AG Na (XETRA:DTEGn) declined 0.60% or 0.095 points to end at 15.820 and Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG) was down 0.58% or 0.265 points to 45.085.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aareal Bank AG (XETRA:ARLG) which rose 5.98% to 38.705, Duerr AG O.N. (XETRA:DUEG) which was up 4.20% to settle at 94.000 and Tag Immobilien AG (XETRA:TEGG) which gained 2.85% to close at 12.280.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which was down 3.25% to 52.960 in late trade, Metro AG ST O.N. (XETRA:MEOG) which lost 2.27% to settle at 30.200 and Hochtief AG (XETRA:HOTG) which was down 1.68% to 67.880 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which rose 4.02% to 43.745, Morphosys AG O.N. (XETRA:MORG) which was up 3.43% to settle at 78.420 and PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (XETRA:PSAGn) which gained 3.33% to close at 12.565.
The worst performers were QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which was down 11.58% to 1.725 in late trade, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (XETRA:PV) which lost 3.88% to settle at 73.000 and SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which was down 2.95% to 12.000 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 489 to 242 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.72% or 1.930 to 72.830. Shares in Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.22% or 1.950 to 89.650. Shares in Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) rose to all time highs; up 1.62% or 3.650 to 228.650. Shares in Aareal Bank AG (XETRA:ARLG) rose to all time highs; up 5.98% or 2.185 to 38.705. Shares in Duerr AG O.N. (XETRA:DUEG) rose to all time highs; up 4.20% or 3.790 to 94.000. Shares in Tag Immobilien AG (XETRA:TEGG) rose to 3-year highs; up 2.85% or 0.340 to 12.280.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 9.74% to 17.05 a new 1-month low.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.52% or 6.30 to $1198.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 3.29% or 1.67 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 1.64% or 0.98 to trade at $59.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1339, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.7332.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 94.64.