Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Technology and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.22%, while the MDAX index added 0.41%, and the TecDAX index added 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which rose 2.31% or 0.520 points to trade at 23.075 at the close. Meanwhile, Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) added 1.91% or 2.70 points to end at 144.15 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) was up 1.17% or 0.820 points to 70.820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11), which fell 0.70% or 0.56 points to trade at 79.52 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 0.63% or 0.044 points to end at 6.987 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 0.62% or 0.085 points to 13.725.
The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 4.62% to 4.80, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 2.70% to settle at 34.780 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which gained 1.62% to close at 22.950.
The worst performers were GEA Group AG (DE:G1AG) which was down 1.39% to 38.015 in late trade, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which lost 0.88% to settle at 14.060 and Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which was down 0.88% to 29.300 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which rose 7.74% to 10.231, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 2.33% to settle at 78.280 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 1.92% to close at 48.680.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 4.48% to 26.040 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 3.36% to settle at 12.220 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was down 2.19% to 21.235 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 388 to 362 and 26 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) rose to all time highs; rising 1.92% or 0.915 to 48.680.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.53% to 14.70.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.15% or 1.85 to $1203.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $48.41 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $51.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.0661, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.8718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 101.18.