Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Beverage, Transportation & Logistics and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.69% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index fell 1.40%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.86%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG), which rose 2.20% or 0.980 points to trade at 45.615 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) added 0.19% or 0.120 points to end at 64.370 and Linde AG O.N. (XETRA:LING) was up 0.12% or 0.200 points to 173.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG), which fell 4.27% or 8.850 points to trade at 198.200 at the close. Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG) declined 4.07% or 4.350 points to end at 102.500 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) was down 3.15% or 6.750 points to 207.500.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (XETRA:NAFG) which rose 1.71% to 51.250, Wacker Chemie O.N. (XETRA:WCHG) which was up 1.35% to settle at 99.970 and Evonik Industries AG (XETRA:EVKn) which gained 0.23% to close at 28.550.
The worst performers were Leoni AG NA O.N. (XETRA:LEOGn) which was down 6.30% to 53.710 in late trade, Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ZILGn) which lost 4.22% to settle at 30.080 and Kabel Deutschland Holding AG O.N. (XETRA:KD8Gn) which was down 4.19% to 118.800 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Xing AG (XETRA:OBCGn) which rose 2.89% to 112.300, Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which was up 1.38% to settle at 5.870 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which gained 0.59% to close at 25.650.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was down 4.93% to 98.870 in late trade, Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which lost 4.45% to settle at 43.475 and QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which was down 4.05% to 1.964 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 555 to 186 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) fell to all time highs; falling 4.27% or 8.850 to 198.200. Shares in Linde AG O.N. (XETRA:LING) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.12% or 0.200 to 173.700. Shares in Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) fell to all time highs; falling 3.15% or 6.750 to 207.500. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) fell to all time highs; down 4.93% or 5.130 to 98.870. Shares in Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.38% or 0.080 to 5.870.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 13.10% to 20.90.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.32% or 4.00 to $1238.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 2.92% or 1.51 to hit $53.20 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.72 to trade at $59.40 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1320, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.7440.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 94.70.