Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.63%, while the MDAX index gained 0.77%, and the TecDAX index added 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (DE:BMWG), which rose 3.23% or 2.580 points to trade at 82.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 3.08% or 0.655 points to end at 21.935 and Siemens AG (DE:SIEGn) was up 3.02% or 3.200 points to 109.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11), which fell 1.22% or 0.91 points to trade at 73.75 at the close. Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) declined 0.82% or 0.265 points to end at 32.155 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was down 0.59% or 0.17 points to 29.32.
The top performers on the MDAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which rose 4.80% to 62.410, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 4.00% to settle at 85.050 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 2.92% to close at 76.100.
The worst performers were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which was down 2.77% to 54.790 in late trade, LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which lost 2.06% to settle at 68.070 and Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was down 1.35% to 83.140 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 6.10% to 40.500, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 4.73% to settle at 22.715 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which gained 3.51% to close at 7.082.
The worst performers were Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was down 1.35% to 174.900 in late trade, STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which lost 1.19% to settle at 42.490 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 0.56% to 35.570 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 603 to 304 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in Covestro AG (DE:1COV) rose to all time highs; up 4.80% or 2.860 to 62.410. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.10% or 2.330 to 40.500.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 13.50% to 17.86 a new 1-month low.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.77% or 9.10 to $1168.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.54% or 0.28 to hit $51.96 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.49 to trade at $54.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.0734, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.8448.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 100.39.