Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer & Cyclical and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.23%, while the MDAX index declined 0.24%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn), which rose 1.56% or 1.80 points to trade at 117.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 1.10% or 0.98 points to end at 89.84 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was up 1.00% or 0.230 points to 23.130 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which fell 3.10% or 5.60 points to trade at 175.00 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 1.53% or 0.150 points to end at 9.640 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) was down 1.22% or 0.190 points to 15.330.
The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 24.36% to 0.59, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 5.67% to settle at 150.95 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which gained 2.23% to close at 72.470.
The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which was down 2.50% to 85.807 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 1.75% to settle at 37.800 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was down 1.62% to 24.655 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 12.20% to 14.530, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was up 10.41% to settle at 13.260 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 5.86% to close at 20.600.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 3.16% to 22.230 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 3.14% to settle at 33.915 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 2.87% to 116.850 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 410 to 349 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.67% or 8.10 to 150.95. Shares in Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.16% or 0.725 to 22.230.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.94% to 13.87.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.06% or 0.70 to $1247.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.03% or 0.59 to hit $57.95 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.08% or 1.32 to trade at $64.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1798, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.8836.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.77.