Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Retail and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.35%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.23%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 2.49% or 1.580 points to trade at 65.060 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 1.81% or 2.94 points to end at 165.54 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.07% or 0.88 points to 83.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 1.15% or 0.148 points to trade at 12.706 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 0.88% or 0.200 points to end at 22.480 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 0.63% or 0.105 points to 16.470.
The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 9.93% to 0.41, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was up 4.48% to settle at 59.500 and Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which gained 2.75% to close at 69.100.
The worst performers were Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which was down 1.56% to 13.21 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which lost 1.42% to settle at 36.000 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 1.28% to 47.21 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 3.42% to 111.900, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 3.18% to settle at 77.950 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which gained 2.47% to close at 6.230.
The worst performers were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 3.07% to 13.280 in late trade, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which lost 2.94% to settle at 264.50 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 2.94% to 3.959 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 491 to 240 and 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.42% or 3.700 to 111.900.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.77% to 17.88.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.22% or 2.90 to $1333.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.05% or 0.67 to hit $64.22 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.60 to trade at $67.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.2300, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 89.85.