Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.68% to hit a new 3-months high, while the MDAX index added 0.33%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (DE:BMWG), which rose 2.60% or 2.040 points to trade at 80.410 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 2.43% or 0.202 points to end at 8.525 and Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) was up 2.06% or 2.150 points to 106.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which fell 1.83% or 0.260 points to trade at 13.935 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 1.32% or 0.160 points to end at 11.970 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 1.12% or 0.140 points to 12.380.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which rose 2.82% to 33.97, Duerr AG O.N. (DE:DUEG) which was up 2.42% to settle at 67.390 and Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which gained 1.79% to close at 47.368.
The worst performers were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was down 1.41% to 43.620 in late trade, Deutsche Euroshop AG O.N. (DE:DEQGn) which lost 1.21% to settle at 40.510 and Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which was down 0.97% to 12.220 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which rose 7.41% to 48.120, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 3.76% to settle at 51.310 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 2.69% to close at 49.290.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 3.26% to 33.125 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which lost 2.97% to settle at 4.403 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 2.38% to 9.165 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 529 to 353 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) rose to all time highs; rising 2.06% or 2.150 to 106.500.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.47% to 19.35.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1235.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.98% or 0.41 to hit $41.30 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.04 to trade at $43.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1319, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.7928.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 94.44.