Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Media, Industrials and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.55%, while the MDAX index declined 1.04%, and the TecDAX index lost 1.80%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.77% or 0.550 points to trade at 31.655 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 1.54% or 1.33 points to end at 87.52 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was up 0.61% or 0.345 points to 57.290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which fell 44.07% or 11.380 points to trade at 14.440 at the close. Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) declined 5.08% or 0.787 points to end at 14.693 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was down 3.17% or 0.322 points to 9.848.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which rose 2.81% to 84.100, Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which was up 2.10% to settle at 18.93 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 1.69% to close at 112.500.
The worst performers were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which was down 6.46% to 6.456 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which lost 4.62% to settle at 48.260 and Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was down 3.63% to 62.04 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which rose 3.05% to 9.940, New Work SE (DE:NWOn) which was up 2.69% to settle at 267.00 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which gained 1.69% to close at 112.500.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 44.07% to 14.440 in late trade, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) which lost 5.08% to settle at 14.693 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was down 4.62% to 48.260 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 462 to 215 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) fell to 5-year lows; losing 44.07% or 11.380 to 14.440. Shares in Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.81% or 2.300 to 84.100. Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) fell to 5-year lows; falling 44.07% or 11.380 to 14.440.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.01% to 36.46.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.77% or 13.45 to $1766.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.26% or 0.50 to hit $40.33 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.28% or 0.54 to trade at $42.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.1260, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.9035.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 96.998.