Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction, Technology and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 1.01%, while the MDAX index fell 1.16%, and the TecDAX index declined 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which rose 1.30% or 1.550 points to trade at 120.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) added 1.20% or 3.00 points to end at 252.80 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was up 0.53% or 0.48 points to 91.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN), which fell 5.38% or 3.920 points to trade at 68.950 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 4.43% or 1.000 points to end at 21.570 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 3.55% or 0.435 points to 11.835.
The top performers on the MDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which rose 2.12% to 89.050, Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was up 1.45% to settle at 20.0000 and Innogy SE (DE:IGY) which gained 0.60% to close at 40.200.
The worst performers were Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was down 8.58% to 119.40 in late trade, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which lost 5.66% to settle at 38.500 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 4.52% to 28.280 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which rose 2.12% to 89.050, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 1.69% to settle at 360.00 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which gained 1.45% to close at 20.000.
The worst performers were S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was down 4.78% to 23.12 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which lost 4.11% to settle at 42.420 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was down 3.46% to 10.0500 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 579 to 134 and 66 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.30% or 1.550 to 120.400. Shares in Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) rose to all time highs; up 1.20% or 3.00 to 252.80. Shares in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) rose to all time highs; up 2.12% or 1.850 to 89.050. Shares in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.12% or 1.850 to 89.050. Shares in Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) rose to all time highs; rising 1.69% or 6.00 to 360.00.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 15.36% to 16.22 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.18% or 2.30 to $1283.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.42% or 0.26 to hit $62.20 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.23 to trade at $71.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1208, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8554.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.238.