Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Financial Services and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.19%, while the MDAX index added 0.86%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Henkel AG & Co Kgaa Vzo (XETRA:HNKG_p), which rose 1.28% or 1.400 points to trade at 110.350 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) added 1.10% or 0.130 points to end at 12.000 and Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) was up 1.07% or 2.250 points to 212.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG), which fell 1.40% or 0.705 points to trade at 49.825 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (XETRA:CBKG) declined 0.66% or 0.080 points to end at 12.035 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) was down 0.66% or 0.085 points to 12.715.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE (XETRA:ANNGn) which rose 5.89% to 30.48, Wacker Chemie O.N. (XETRA:WCHG) which was up 3.21% to settle at 102.000 and Tag Immobilien AG (XETRA:TEGG) which gained 2.39% to close at 11.990.
The worst performers were Fraport AG (XETRA:FRAG) which was down 2.13% to 58.490 in late trade, Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) which lost 1.25% to settle at 7.840 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which was down 1.24% to 38.220 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which rose 8.58% to 18.475, Bechtle AG O.N. (XETRA:BC8G) which was up 2.35% to settle at 68.460 and BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) which gained 1.21% to close at 287.850.
The worst performers were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) which was down 3.96% to 96.140 in late trade, Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which lost 1.68% to settle at 41.610 and Jenoptik AG O.N. (XETRA:JENG) which was down 1.37% to 11.480 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 388 to 363 and 28 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kloeckner & Co SE NA (XETRA:KCOGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.25% or 0.099 to 7.840. Shares in Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) fell to 5-year lows; down 1.24% or 0.480 to 38.220.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.20% to 23.54.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.34% or 4.00 to $1193.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.96% or 0.58 to hit $59.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 0.80 to trade at $64.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.73% to 1.0909, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.7185.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.72% at 97.64.