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Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.20%

Published 07/08/2019, 01:15 PM
Updated 07/08/2019, 01:16 PM
© Reuters.  Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.20%

© Reuters. Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.20%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.20%, while the MDAX index fell 0.16%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.24%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which rose 1.03% or 2.85 points to trade at 280.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 0.68% or 0.30 points to end at 44.45 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) was up 0.59% or 0.900 points to 152.800 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 5.32% or 0.382 points to trade at 6.793 at the close. Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) declined 1.87% or 1.78 points to end at 93.24 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was down 1.12% or 0.68 points to 60.03.

The top performers on the MDAX were Knorr-Bremse AG (DE:KBX) which rose 2.01% to 94.10, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was up 1.70% to settle at 41.20 and Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which gained 1.52% to close at 53.320.

The worst performers were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 4.43% to 34.520 in late trade, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which lost 3.90% to settle at 35.000 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.60% to 87.0000 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which rose 1.41% to 36.7600, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was up 1.21% to settle at 70.900 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which gained 0.66% to close at 30.500.

The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was down 3.60% to 87.000 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which lost 2.93% to settle at 8.3380 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.39% to 14.290 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 376 to 295 and 89 ended unchanged.

Shares in Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) rose to all time highs; up 1.03% or 2.85 to 280.00.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.22% to 13.42.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.10% or 1.40 to $1398.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.78% or 0.45 to hit $57.96 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.38 to trade at $64.61 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1216, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8960.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.947.

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