Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Media, Industrials and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.66%, while the MDAX index lost 0.79%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 1.13% or 1.200 points to trade at 107.500 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.07% or 0.290 points to end at 27.350 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 0.16% or 0.011 points to 6.917 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn), which fell 1.70% or 4.40 points to trade at 254.60 at the close. Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) declined 1.44% or 1.70 points to end at 116.54 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was down 1.15% or 0.395 points to 34.010.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which rose 1.73% to 44.15, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was up 1.36% to settle at 5.517 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 0.57% to close at 52.600.
The worst performers were United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was down 2.79% to 29.280 in late trade, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which lost 2.78% to settle at 56.050 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 2.42% to 45.110 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were New Work SE (DE:NWOn) which rose 3.18% to 292.00, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was up 2.05% to settle at 22.880 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 1.71% to close at 22.600.
The worst performers were United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was down 2.79% to 29.280 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 2.42% to settle at 45.110 and TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which was down 2.36% to 31.88 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 476 to 236 and 43 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.70% to 14.17.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1518.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $61.62 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.26 to trade at $66.61 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1209, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8544.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 96.360.