Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Insurance and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 1.66%, while the MDAX index declined 0.56%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG), which rose 1.29% or 1.82 points to trade at 142.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 1.13% or 0.62 points to end at 55.68 and Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) was up 1.31% or 1.80 points to 139.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Heidelbergcement AG O.N. (DE:HEIG), which fell 4.97% or 3.210 points to trade at 61.440 at the close. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) declined 4.44% or 9.10 points to end at 196.00 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was down 3.67% or 4.35 points to 114.25.
The top performers on the MDAX were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which rose 10.17% to 144.100, HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) which was up 6.43% to settle at 72.85 and Siemens Energy AG (DE:ENR1n) which gained 3.42% to close at 32.98.
The worst performers were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) which was down 5.41% to 5.490 in late trade, Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which lost 4.19% to settle at 19.450 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which was down 4.44% to 84.86 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Varta AG (DE:VAR1) which rose 10.17% to 144.100, Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) which was up 8.53% to settle at 27.740 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 2.19% to close at 391.400.
The worst performers were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which was down 3.21% to 52.800 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 2.65% to settle at 141.350 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 2.39% to 69.500 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 451 to 240 and 24 ended unchanged.
Shares in Varta AG (DE:VAR1) rose to all time highs; up 10.17% or 13.300 to 144.100. Shares in HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.43% or 4.40 to 72.85. Shares in Varta AG (DE:VAR1) rose to all time highs; up 10.17% or 13.300 to 144.100. Shares in Jenoptik AG (DE:JENGn) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.53% or 2.180 to 27.740.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 18.53% to 27.00.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.47% or 8.70 to $1847.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.55% or 0.29 to hit $51.98 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.21 to trade at $55.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.2123, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8880.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 90.483.