Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Media, Technology and Construction sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Basic Resources and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.76%, while the MDAX index declined 0.15%, and the TecDAX index added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 0.69% or 0.450 points to trade at 65.710 at the close. Meanwhile, Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) added 0.65% or 0.700 points to end at 107.850 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was up 0.64% or 0.080 points to 12.570 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 4.32% or 0.725 points to trade at 16.075 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 3.94% or 0.855 points to end at 20.830 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 2.84% or 0.264 points to 9.045.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which rose 4.86% to 45.050, Deutsche Euroshop AG O.N. (DE:DEQGn) which was up 1.71% to settle at 40.515 and Kuka AG (DE:KU2G) which gained 1.54% to close at 92.820.
The worst performers were Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was down 3.61% to 33.400 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which lost 2.70% to settle at 38.975 and Salzgitter AG O.N. (DE:SZGG) which was down 1.98% to 29.715 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 4.12% to 45.830, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was up 2.93% to settle at 9.665 and Jenoptik AG O.N. (DE:JENG) which gained 2.02% to close at 14.110.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 2.56% to 34.600 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which lost 1.49% to settle at 4.108 and Bechtle AG O.N. (DE:BC8G) which was down 1.45% to 90.160 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 516 to 373 and 35 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.65% to 20.04.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.93% or 11.40 to $1241.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.69% or 0.74 to hit $42.99 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.00% or 0.45 to trade at $44.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.1267, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.7780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 94.74.