Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.33%, while the MDAX index fell 0.46%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which rose 0.61% or 1.15 points to trade at 191.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) added 0.45% or 0.50 points to end at 111.25 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) was up 0.43% or 0.120 points to 27.920 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 1.43% or 0.300 points to trade at 20.690 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 1.34% or 0.340 points to end at 25.055 and Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) was down 1.05% or 0.750 points to 70.550.
The top performers on the MDAX were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which rose 2.20% to 81.250, Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was up 1.81% to settle at 47.55 and Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which gained 1.20% to close at 64.100.
The worst performers were Gerresheimer AG (BS:GXId) which was down 4.42% to 62.210 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 2.51% to settle at 17.670 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 2.33% to 37.275 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 8.21% to 13.900, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was up 6.96% to settle at 5.100 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which gained 0.82% to close at 16.080.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 2.81% to 11.250 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 2.80% to settle at 89.450 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 2.52% to 31.54 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 507 to 244 and 35 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gerresheimer AG (BS:GXId) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.42% or 2.880 to 62.210. Shares in Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.81% or 0.84 to 47.55.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 8.88% to 16.18.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.70% or 9.30 to $1339.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.48 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.70% or 0.37 to trade at $52.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1919, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.9216.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 92.45.