Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Software and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.91% to hit a new 52-week high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.87%, and the TecDAX index climbed 2.07%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 7.08% or 7.850 points to trade at 118.725 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 4.10% or 0.668 points to end at 16.960 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 2.95% or 0.209 points to 7.301 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which fell 2.31% or 3.300 points to trade at 139.700 at the close. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) declined 1.28% or 3.10 points to end at 238.80 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was down 1.23% or 1.300 points to 104.450.
The top performers on the MDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 8.34% to 181.900, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was up 5.32% to settle at 5.585 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) which gained 4.63% to close at 13.5500.
The worst performers were Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which was down 2.57% to 34.500 in late trade, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which lost 2.22% to settle at 101.400 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was down 1.96% to 24.9700 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which rose 8.34% to 181.900, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was up 7.08% to settle at 118.725 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which gained 5.70% to close at 5.930.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was down 2.22% to 101.400 in late trade, Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which lost 1.96% to settle at 24.970 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 1.85% to 98.100 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 470 to 210 and 77 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.14% to 15.41.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.39% or 5.85 to $1488.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.76% or 0.41 to hit $53.46 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.54 to trade at $58.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1152, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8596.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.028.