Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Telecoms and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 1.57%, while the MDAX index fell 1.47%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 1.77% or 0.330 points to trade at 18.970 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 0.27% or 0.030 points to end at 11.305 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) was down 0.12% or 0.030 points to 24.375 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which fell 5.29% or 11.850 points to trade at 212.250 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 3.96% or 0.530 points to end at 12.865 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) was down 3.20% or 2.630 points to 79.600.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG O.N. (DE:SZGG) which rose 0.37% to 25.970, Kuka AG (DE:KU2G) which was up 0.10% to settle at 79.030 and Kloeckner & Co SE NA (DE:KCOGn) which gained 0.09% to close at 8.057.
The worst performers were Leoni AG NA O.N. (DE:LEOGn) which was down 5.25% to 36.580 in late trade, Osram Licht (DE:OSRn) which lost 4.54% to settle at 52.234 and Kabel Deutschland Holding AG O.N. (DE:KD8Gn) which was down 3.78% to 110.650 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Kontron AG O.N. (DE:KBCG) which rose 3.43% to 3.744, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 2.83% to settle at 4.209 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which gained 2.73% to close at 6.365.
The worst performers were LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which was down 3.13% to 8.505 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which lost 2.82% to settle at 10.155 and STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was down 2.52% to 54.530 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 492 to 193 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.83% or 0.116 to 4.209.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.42% to 21.04.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.30 to $1089.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.93% or 0.41 to hit $43.88 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.19 to trade at $47.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.0759, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.7118.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 99.05.