Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Media and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.47%, while the MDAX index added 0.47%, and the TecDAX index added 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG), which rose 4.05% or 2.620 points to trade at 67.250 at the close. Meanwhile, Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (DE:MUVGn) added 2.75% or 5.35 points to end at 199.88 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 2.73% or 2.75 points to 103.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which fell 3.04% or 0.268 points to trade at 8.562 at the close. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.81% or 1.32 points to end at 71.78 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 1.50% or 0.380 points to 24.890.
The top performers on the MDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 6.52% to 245.000, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 5.35% to settle at 41.88 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which gained 3.63% to close at 39.380.
The worst performers were Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was down 4.27% to 14.800 in late trade, Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which lost 3.30% to settle at 484.00 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 2.97% to 42.40 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 6.52% to 245.000, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was up 5.35% to settle at 41.88 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which gained 3.08% to close at 150.70.
The worst performers were New Work SE (DE:NWOn) which was down 4.43% to 194.00 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 2.51% to settle at 9.244 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which was down 2.38% to 18.020 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 379 to 302 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) rose to 3-years highs; rising 6.52% or 15.000 to 245.000. Shares in TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.35% or 2.12 to 41.88. Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 6.52% or 15.000 to 245.000. Shares in TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) rose to all time highs; up 5.35% or 2.12 to 41.88.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.51% to 43.76.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.68% or 11.55 to $1710.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 10.55% or 2.64 to hit $22.39 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 5.48% or 1.54 to trade at $26.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.0864, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 99.977.