Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Transportation & Logistics and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.45%, while the MDAX index fell 0.03%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11), which rose 1.05% or 0.90 points to trade at 86.81 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 1.05% or 0.240 points to end at 23.200 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) was up 0.77% or 1.20 points to 157.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 2.79% or 0.450 points to trade at 15.700 at the close. Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) declined 1.46% or 0.605 points to end at 40.900 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was down 1.37% or 2.45 points to 175.85.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 1.69% to 98.18, GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was up 1.31% to settle at 40.360 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which gained 1.22% to close at 36.530.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 2.01% to 4.44 in late trade, Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which lost 1.58% to settle at 16.22 and Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which was down 1.30% to 23.215 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 2.91% to 64.260, Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was up 1.52% to settle at 119.90 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which gained 1.28% to close at 10.432.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 2.98% to 79.800 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 2.29% to settle at 46.770 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 1.61% to 12.200 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 415 to 351 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11) rose to all time highs; up 1.05% or 0.90 to 86.81. Shares in Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) rose to all time highs; rising 2.91% or 1.820 to 64.260. Shares in Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.52% or 1.80 to 119.90.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 9.31% to 16.34 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.34% or 4.25 to $1255.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.77% or 0.39 to hit $50.21 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.41 to trade at $53.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.0663, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.8538.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.42.