Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Insurance and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.12%, while the MDAX index lost 0.28%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 3.39% or 0.380 points to trade at 11.575 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11) added 1.39% or 1.07 points to end at 78.21 and Siemens AG (DE:SIEGn) was up 0.87% or 1.000 points to 115.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which fell 1.85% or 0.235 points to trade at 12.495 at the close. Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) declined 1.40% or 2.200 points to end at 155.050 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 1.23% or 0.200 points to 15.995.
The top performers on the MDAX were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which rose 10.46% to 48.950, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 2.98% to settle at 35.210 and Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which gained 1.40% to close at 60.360.
The worst performers were Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was down 4.88% to 63.550 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which lost 3.05% to settle at 35.615 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 2.65% to 50.38 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 4.36% to 6.658, STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was up 3.30% to settle at 44.935 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which gained 2.27% to close at 32.50.
The worst performers were Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) which was down 9.38% to 0.029 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 4.74% to settle at 12.650 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 2.28% to 8.697 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 442 to 332 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Siemens AG (DE:SIEGn) rose to all time highs; rising 0.87% or 1.000 to 115.700. Shares in Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.98% or 1.020 to 35.210. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.36% or 0.278 to 6.658. Shares in Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) fell to all time lows; down 9.38% or 0.003 to 0.029.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.77% to 16.63.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.25% or 2.95 to $1164.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.24% or 1.67 to hit $53.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 3.17% or 1.72 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.0627, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8377.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 101.07.