Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Chemicals and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.82%, while the MDAX index fell 0.51%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 0.60% or 0.125 points to trade at 20.860 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 0.14% or 0.05 points to end at 35.30 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) was down 0.18% or 0.20 points to 111.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 3.18% or 0.830 points to trade at 25.265 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 2.41% or 0.340 points to end at 13.760 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) was down 2.28% or 0.219 points to 9.402.
The top performers on the MDAX were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which rose 3.80% to 75.310, Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which was up 0.85% to settle at 12.435 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which gained 0.60% to close at 9.325.
The worst performers were Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which was down 2.10% to 68.940 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 1.63% to settle at 34.780 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 1.48% to 55.940 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Software AG O.N. (DE:SOWG) which rose 1.96% to 36.375, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 1.14% to settle at 253.75 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 0.97% to close at 83.000.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 2.88% to 6.276 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 2.18% to settle at 86.910 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 1.96% to 37.200 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 540 to 228 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) rose to all time highs; rising 3.80% or 2.760 to 75.310. Shares in Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.88% or 0.186 to 6.276.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.94% to 17.29.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 4.27 to $1295.87 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.77% or 0.86 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.82% or 0.96 to trade at $51.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1814, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.9157.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 93.02.