Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Software and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.62%, while the MDAX index added 1.16%, and the TecDAX index added 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p), which rose 3.34% or 8.00 points to trade at 247.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) added 2.70% or 1.60 points to end at 60.86 and Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN) was up 2.17% or 0.51 points to 23.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G), which fell 1.57% or 1.48 points to trade at 92.52 at the close. Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) declined 1.21% or 0.38 points to end at 31.00 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) was down 1.02% or 0.35 points to 34.40.
The top performers on the MDAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:TKAG) which rose 5.85% to 9.16, HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG) which was up 5.02% to settle at 8.44 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which gained 4.31% to close at 16.94.
The worst performers were Lanxess AG (ETR:LXSG) which was down 1.38% to 31.40 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (ETR:GBFG) which lost 0.56% to settle at 70.50 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which was down 0.52% to 114.80 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were IONOS Group SE (ETR:IOSn) which rose 6.14% to 25.05, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was up 4.31% to settle at 16.94 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which gained 3.94% to close at 12.01.
The worst performers were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) which was down 1.02% to 34.40 in late trade, Formycon AG (ETR:FYB) which lost 0.72% to settle at 27.40 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG) which was down 0.52% to 114.80 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 467 to 164 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.57% or 1.48 to 92.52. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.31% or 0.70 to 16.94. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.31% or 0.70 to 16.94.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.83% to 22.81 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.10% or 3.01 to $3,004.11 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.58% or 0.39 to hit $67.30 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.44 to trade at $71.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 102.98.