Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Construction and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.05%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.81%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGAA O.N. (DE:MRCG), which rose 1.96% or 1.790 points to trade at 93.010 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) added 1.21% or 0.310 points to end at 25.940 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 1.15% or 1.110 points to 97.460 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which fell 2.28% or 0.305 points to trade at 13.050 at the close. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 0.88% or 0.700 points to end at 78.860 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 0.76% or 0.510 points to 66.910.
The top performers on the MDAX were Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which rose 4.83% to 56.440, Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (DE:SZUG) which was up 4.12% to settle at 18.690 and Osram Licht (DE:OSRn) which gained 3.18% to close at 38.599.
The worst performers were Tui AG NA (DE:TUIGn) which was down 4.17% to 15.410 in late trade, Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (DE:GWIG) which lost 1.99% to settle at 14.010 and Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was down 1.66% to 51.050 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which rose 4.41% to 10.530, Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was up 3.80% to settle at 31.955 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 3.37% to close at 45.645.
The worst performers were LPKF Laser & Electronics (DE:LPKG) which was down 5.40% to 7.219 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 1.61% to settle at 210.450 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 1.31% to 36.960 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 377 to 320 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (DE:SZUG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.12% or 0.740 to 18.690. Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.37% or 1.490 to 45.645.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.29% to 21.99 a new 1-month high.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.35% or 3.80 to $1084.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.32% or 0.13 to hit $40.61 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.97% or 0.88 to trade at $43.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.0702, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.7038.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 99.38.