Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer & Cyclical, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.36%, while the MDAX index declined 0.76%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which fell 0.12% or 0.011 points to trade at 9.481 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) fell 0.26% or 0.023 points to end at 8.885 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was down 0.40% or 0.90 points to 224.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which fell 3.08% or 4.96 points to trade at 156.06 at the close. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 2.78% or 5.55 points to end at 194.30 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was down 2.22% or 2.45 points to 108.15.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 1.55% to 111.100, Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which was up 0.61% to settle at 68.820 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which gained 0.57% to close at 80.960.
The worst performers were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 2.89% to 44.320 in late trade, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which lost 2.54% to settle at 113.20 and Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was down 2.31% to 49.90 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 3.16% to 15.015, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which was up 2.02% to settle at 98.250 and Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which gained 1.93% to close at 95.200.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 2.63% to 12.790 in late trade, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which lost 2.36% to settle at 62.100 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.04% to 41.240 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 525 to 220 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.02% or 1.950 to 98.250.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 16.06% to 15.40.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.18% or 2.30 to $1280.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $64.97 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 1.02 to trade at $74.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1603, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8763.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 94.52.