Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.46%, while the MDAX index fell 0.26%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG), which rose 1.09% or 0.660 points to trade at 61.420 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 0.51% or 0.145 points to end at 28.770 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 0.38% or 0.15 points to 39.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 2.12% or 0.340 points to trade at 15.710 at the close. BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) declined 1.84% or 1.750 points to end at 93.350 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 1.84% or 0.455 points to 24.260.
The top performers on the MDAX were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which rose 2.05% to 40.870, Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which was up 1.49% to settle at 12.575 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which gained 1.10% to close at 43.33.
The worst performers were Evonik Industries AG (DE:EVKn) which was down 2.10% to 30.805 in late trade, Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which lost 1.96% to settle at 61.910 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 1.63% to 37.160 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which rose 7.24% to 46.79, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 1.78% to settle at 34.605 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 1.60% to close at 88.380.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 5.60% to 12.480 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 5.38% to settle at 71.040 and Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology O.N. (DE:PV) which was down 5.27% to 165.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 447 to 309 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) rose to all time highs; up 2.05% or 0.820 to 40.870. Shares in Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) rose to all time highs; up 7.24% or 3.16 to 46.79.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.34% to 14.08.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.63% or 8.09 to $1295.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.53% or 0.90 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.12 to trade at $63.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1915, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 92.72.