Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Technology and Construction sectors led shares higher while losses in the Insurance, Consumer & Cyclical and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.31%, while the MDAX index fell 0.04%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG), which rose 3.36% or 0.445 points to trade at 13.680 at the close. Meanwhile, K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) added 1.88% or 0.590 points to end at 31.970 and Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) was up 0.99% or 0.750 points to 76.250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p), which fell 2.03% or 4.700 points to trade at 227.300 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) declined 1.29% or 2.800 points to end at 214.700 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (XETRA:BEIG) was down 1.09% or 0.890 points to 80.770.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which rose 3.43% to 34.650, Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) which was up 3.21% to settle at 17.710 and GEA Group AG (XETRA:G1AG) which gained 2.84% to close at 44.915.
The worst performers were Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which was down 2.68% to 40.460 in late trade, Airbus Group (XETRA:AIRG) which lost 2.01% to settle at 62.124 and Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which was down 1.76% to 68.760 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which rose 5.04% to 1.918, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was up 4.05% to settle at 6.810 and Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which gained 3.24% to close at 5.256.
The worst performers were Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which was down 2.59% to 45.935 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) which lost 2.59% to settle at 98.870 and SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which was down 1.83% to 13.700 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 437 to 306 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) fell to 5-year lows; down 2.68% or 1.115 to 40.460. Shares in Tui AG NA (XETRA:TUIGn) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.21% or 0.550 to 17.710. Shares in Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.24% or 0.165 to 5.256.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.92% to 21.16.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.68% or 8.10 to $1180.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.42% or 0.25 to hit $59.14 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.66 to trade at $65.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.1144, while EUR/GBP fell 1.50% to 0.7143.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 95.15.