Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Software and Financial Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Basic Resources and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.04%, while the MDAX index added 0.36%, and the TecDAX index added 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 2.14% or 0.290 points to trade at 13.850 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) added 1.59% or 1.200 points to end at 76.630 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 0.95% or 1.100 points to 117.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which fell 1.05% or 0.990 points to trade at 92.900 at the close. Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) declined 0.91% or 0.140 points to end at 15.315 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was down 0.62% or 0.160 points to 25.625.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 3.05% to 85.080, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which was up 2.03% to settle at 63.960 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which gained 1.90% to close at 49.790.
The worst performers were DMG Mori AG (DE:GILG) which was down 1.94% to 41.930 in late trade, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which lost 1.21% to settle at 26.865 and GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 1.09% to 45.525 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 6.32% to 29.020, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was up 2.99% to settle at 39.670 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 2.66% to close at 38.805.
The worst performers were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 1.93% to 14.505 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which lost 0.95% to settle at 5.230 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 0.85% to 3.614 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 537 to 342 and 39 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.21% to 19.28 a new 1-month low.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1327.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.35% or 0.63 to hit $46.02 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.26% or 0.60 to trade at $47.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1080, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8344.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 96.50.