Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Industrials, Basic Resources and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.08%, while the MDAX index declined 0.58%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn), which rose 2.01% or 0.193 points to trade at 9.775 at the close. Meanwhile, Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) added 0.85% or 0.100 points to end at 11.870 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DAIGn) was up 0.79% or 0.580 points to 74.140 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which fell 2.16% or 0.260 points to trade at 11.800 at the close. Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) declined 1.17% or 0.920 points to end at 78.040 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) was down 0.66% or 0.120 points to 18.010.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which rose 0.94% to 36.345, LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) which was up 0.84% to settle at 67.000 and Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which gained 0.74% to close at 13.010.
The worst performers were Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (XETRA:GWIG) which was down 9.16% to 15.280 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (XETRA:GBFG) which lost 2.03% to settle at 34.240 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (XETRA:STAGn) which was down 2.00% to 32.135 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which rose 9.79% to 34.325, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (XETRA:AFXG) which was up 4.17% to settle at 24.980 and PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (XETRA:PSAGn) which gained 2.52% to close at 11.605.
The worst performers were Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (XETRA:PV) which was down 3.66% to 96.240 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which lost 1.94% to settle at 9.120 and Jenoptik AG O.N. (XETRA:JENG) which was down 1.60% to 11.995 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 400 to 269 and 48 ended unchanged.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) fell to all time lows; down 2.16% or 0.260 to 11.800. Shares in Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (XETRA:GWIG) fell to 3-years lows; losing 9.16% or 1.540 to 15.280.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.88% to 27.18.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.37% or 4.10 to $1107.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.68% or 0.75 to hit $43.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.99% or 1.47 to trade at $47.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1312, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.7336.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.41.