Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Media, Technology and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.69%, while the MDAX index declined 1.06%, and the TecDAX index lost 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 3.54% or 0.510 points to trade at 14.910 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) added 2.08% or 0.190 points to end at 9.334 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was up 1.24% or 0.135 points to 11.040 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which fell 3.83% or 1.465 points to trade at 36.750 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 3.76% or 0.715 points to end at 18.300 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was down 2.14% or 3.750 points to 171.250.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kuka AG (DE:KU2G) which rose 1.03% to 107.750, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 0.45% to settle at 42.870 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which gained 0.45% to close at 27.650.
The worst performers were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 5.32% to 29.04 in late trade, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which lost 4.76% to settle at 24.985 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 3.23% to 48.590 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 3.50% to 14.490, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was up 2.40% to settle at 24.29 and Suess Microtec NA O.N. (DE:SMHNn) which gained 2.38% to close at 6.763.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was down 3.03% to 5.350 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 2.90% to settle at 66.260 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 2.89% to 43.000 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 530 to 348 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.83% or 1.465 to 36.750.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.09% to 22.25.
Gold for August delivery was up 1.12% or 14.95 to $1353.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $48.92 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.07 to trade at $50.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1145, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8383.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 95.62.