Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Media and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.76% to hit a new 3-months low, while the MDAX index fell 1.25%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.77%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which rose 2.45% or 2.500 points to trade at 104.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 1.16% or 0.260 points to end at 22.660 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 0.82% or 0.230 points to 28.310 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which fell 3.04% or 3.40 points to trade at 108.50 at the close. Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) declined 1.87% or 0.560 points to end at 29.410 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.87% or 3.22 points to 168.84.
The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which rose 0.74% to 68.000, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 0.41% to settle at 46.940 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which gained 0.35% to close at 81.300.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 4.77% to 39.560 in late trade, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which lost 3.51% to settle at 104.350 and Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was down 3.51% to 89.560 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 0.71% to 9.712, Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which was down 0.48% to settle at 26.870 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 0.64% to close at 77.500.
The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 5.94% to 38.80 in late trade, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which lost 5.10% to settle at 11.435 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 4.41% to 20.820 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 661 to 106 and 48 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.45% or 2.500 to 104.550. Shares in Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.04% or 3.40 to 108.50.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.74% to 19.25.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.12% or 1.60 to $1338.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.98% or 0.64 to hit $64.81 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.43 to trade at $68.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.2412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8857.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 89.36.