Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Retail and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.07% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index added 1.20%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.96%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 2.53% or 0.380 points to trade at 15.380 at the close. Meanwhile, Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 2.53% or 0.595 points to end at 24.145 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was up 2.46% or 2.090 points to 87.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which fell 0.32% or 0.120 points to trade at 37.270 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 0.22% or 0.08 points to end at 36.27 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 0.02% or 0.005 points to 20.155.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 3.60% to 94.63, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was up 2.97% to settle at 44.73 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which gained 2.59% to close at 23.955.
The worst performers were Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 1.14% to 37.195 in late trade, STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which lost 0.93% to settle at 63.750 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which was down 0.48% to 35.045 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which rose 3.46% to 54.700, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 3.33% to settle at 27.175 and Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which gained 2.12% to close at 30.885.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 1.62% to 11.560 in late trade, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which lost 0.37% to settle at 242.95 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 0.28% to 99.620 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 569 to 175 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) fell to 52-week highs; falling 0.02% or 0.005 to 20.155. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.62% or 0.190 to 11.560.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 8.07% to 12.10 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.58% or 7.23 to $1249.27 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.36% or 0.16 to hit $44.81 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.13 to trade at $47.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1159, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 97.15.