Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.33%, while the MDAX index gained 0.66%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG), which rose 3.39% or 2.380 points to trade at 72.610 at the close. Meanwhile, Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG) added 3.34% or 1.480 points to end at 45.820 and Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG) was up 3.31% or 2.660 points to 83.050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p), which fell 18.60% or 30.200 points to trade at 132.200 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) declined 4.91% or 0.535 points to end at 10.355 and Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) was down 3.36% or 6.450 points to 185.750.
The top performers on the MDAX were LEG Immobilien AG (XETRA:LEGn) which rose 5.86% to 74.390, A.Springer AG VNA (XETRA:SPRGn) which was up 4.55% to settle at 55.420 and Tag Immobilien AG (XETRA:TEGG) which gained 3.98% to close at 10.340.
The worst performers were Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ZILGn) which was down 14.78% to 17.875 in late trade, Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (XETRA:DWNG) which lost 4.84% to settle at 22.885 and Leoni AG NA O.N. (XETRA:LEOGn) which was down 4.08% to 52.470 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (XETRA:MORG) which rose 5.39% to 65.920, Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was up 3.42% to settle at 31.255 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which gained 2.71% to close at 30.710.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (XETRA:DLGS) which was down 18.92% to 36.750 in late trade, Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which lost 5.49% to settle at 2.790 and SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which was down 3.45% to 30.245 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 411 to 265 and 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) fell to 3-years lows; losing 18.60% or 30.200 to 132.200. Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) fell to all time lows; down 4.91% or 0.535 to 10.355. Shares in Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ZILGn) fell to 3-years lows; losing 14.78% or 3.100 to 17.875. Shares in Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.49% or 0.162 to 2.790.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.18% to 23.61.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.45% or 5.10 to $1132.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.02% or 1.36 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.99% or 0.94 to trade at $48.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.81% to 1.1207, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.7230.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.60% at 95.94.