Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Transportation & Logistics and Insurance sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Basic Resources and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.06% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index gained 0.05%, and the TecDAX index lost 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.51% or 0.195 points to trade at 13.120 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 1.36% or 0.860 points to end at 64.150 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was up 1.33% or 0.185 points to 14.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which fell 1.47% or 3.250 points to trade at 217.650 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.46% or 0.275 points to end at 18.535 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 1.37% or 0.380 points to 27.375.
The top performers on the MDAX were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which rose 1.82% to 84.080, Tui AG NA (DE:TUIGn) which was up 1.54% to settle at 17.095 and Rhoen-Klinikum O.N. (DE:RHKG) which gained 1.50% to close at 27.040.
The worst performers were Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (DE:GWIG) which was down 2.14% to 15.555 in late trade, Salzgitter AG O.N. (DE:SZGG) which lost 1.77% to settle at 26.910 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 1.49% to 94.630 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Kontron AG O.N. (DE:KBCG) which rose 4.53% to 3.070, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 2.97% to settle at 4.062 and Drillisch AG O.N. (DE:DRIG) which gained 2.04% to close at 48.705.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 20.28% to 32.405 in late trade, PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (DE:PSAGn) which lost 4.15% to settle at 12.125 and Jenoptik AG O.N. (DE:JENG) which was down 3.14% to 14.030 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 381 to 313 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rhoen-Klinikum O.N. (DE:RHKG) rose to all time highs; rising 1.50% or 0.400 to 27.040.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.10% to 19.54.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.30% or 3.50 to $1166.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.85% or 0.38 to hit $44.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.17 to trade at $47.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1063, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.7199.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 96.81.