Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.26%, while the MDAX index fell 0.46%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1), which rose 3.60% or 7.6000 points to trade at 218.9000 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 1.48% or 0.260 points to end at 17.855 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 1.37% or 1.80 points to 133.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 1.91% or 0.370 points to trade at 18.970 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) declined 1.35% or 1.05 points to end at 76.54 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.14% or 1.64 points to 142.34.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which rose 4.19% to 33.80, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was up 3.41% to settle at 45.480 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 2.67% to close at 92.980.
The worst performers were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 6.08% to 42.510 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 3.93% to settle at 117.400 and Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which was down 2.88% to 25.60 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 4.05% to 83.400, Vossloh AG (DE:VOSG) which was up 2.76% to settle at 41.000 and Deutz AG (DE:DEZG) which gained 2.74% to close at 6.185.
The worst performers were Sixt AG ST O.N. (DE:SIXG) which was down 5.28% to 96.900 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 3.35% to settle at 14.700 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 3.09% to 10.340 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 422 to 275 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.60% or 7.6000 to 218.9000. Shares in RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.35% or 0.510 to 14.700.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.54% to 19.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1224.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.25 to trade at $79.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1461, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8842.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 95.81.