Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Food & Beverages and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Transportation & Logistics and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.46% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index declined 0.05%, and the TecDAX index added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 1.70% or 2.300 points to trade at 137.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) added 1.52% or 0.920 points to end at 61.600 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 1.30% or 1.110 points to 86.440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 0.38% or 0.075 points to trade at 19.580 at the close. Siemens AG NA (DE:SIEGn) declined 0.34% or 0.340 points to end at 98.350 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was down 0.13% or 0.035 points to 26.640.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which rose 3.04% to 10.68, Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXId) which was up 1.23% to settle at 71.690 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which gained 1.14% to close at 37.635.
The worst performers were DMG Mori Seiki AG (DE:GILG) which was down 5.14% to 40.310 in late trade, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which lost 1.90% to settle at 45.920 and Kuka AG (DE:KU2G) which was down 1.30% to 106.250 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which rose 4.51% to 9.175, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 3.43% to settle at 176.300 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 3.25% to close at 9.220.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.62% to 24.68 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 1.95% to settle at 15.810 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 1.50% to 49.940 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 512 to 364 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Covestro AG (DE:1COV) rose to all time highs; rising 1.14% or 0.425 to 37.635.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.21% to 19.23.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.76% or 9.20 to $1207.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.59% or 0.29 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.72% or 0.36 to trade at $50.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.1138, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.7610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.