Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.46%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.72%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 2.22% or 0.183 points to trade at 8.426 at the close. Meanwhile, Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) added 2.02% or 3.35 points to end at 169.05 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 1.43% or 2.70 points to 191.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which fell 0.88% or 0.300 points to trade at 33.945 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 0.65% or 1.15 points to end at 175.05 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was down 0.60% or 0.100 points to 16.580.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 2.86% to 71.950, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which was up 2.59% to settle at 128.55 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 2.48% to close at 16.910.
The worst performers were Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was down 1.31% to 51.170 in late trade, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which lost 1.09% to settle at 45.230 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 0.80% to 94.00 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 4.91% to 78.000, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 4.52% to settle at 6.914 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 2.33% to close at 62.360.
The worst performers were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 10.65% to 16.400 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which lost 2.43% to settle at 52.100 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 0.90% to 13.775 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 481 to 285 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 10.65% or 1.955 to 16.400. Shares in Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.52% or 0.299 to 6.914. Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.33% or 1.420 to 62.360.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.12% to 14.10.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.37 to $1212.07 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.66% or 0.29 to hit $44.52 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.31 to trade at $47.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1399, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.82.