Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Basic Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 2.46% to hit a new 1-month low, while the MDAX index declined 2.10%, and the TecDAX index lost 2.34%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG), which fell 0.26% or 0.240 points to trade at 93.180 at the close. Meanwhile, E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) fell 0.95% or 0.086 points to end at 9.010 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was down 0.98% or 0.190 points to 19.120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which fell 5.41% or 1.250 points to trade at 21.860 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 5.04% or 1.145 points to end at 21.585 and Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1) was down 3.85% or 7.9000 points to 197.4000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which rose 1.13% to 44.90, Grand City Properties SA (DE:GYC) which was up 0.53% to settle at 22.70 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which unchanged 0.00% to close at 42.660.
The worst performers were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which was down 11.80% to 41.05 in late trade, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which lost 6.73% to settle at 45.040 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 6.00% to 62.04 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which rose 2.06% to 54.50, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 0.66% to settle at 122.800 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 0.20% to close at 3.493.
The worst performers were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 6.67% to 11.900 in late trade, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which lost 4.81% to settle at 140.125 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 4.70% to 36.100 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 618 to 109 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) rose to all time highs; rising 1.13% or 0.50 to 44.90. Shares in Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) fell to 52-week lows; down 11.80% or 5.49 to 41.05. Shares in Grand City Properties SA (DE:GYC) rose to all time highs; rising 0.53% or 0.12 to 22.70. Shares in Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.73% or 3.250 to 45.040. Shares in Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.00% or 3.96 to 62.04.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 23.57% to 19.55 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.20% or 2.60 to $1268.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.39% or 0.27 to hit $68.31 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.51% or 1.14 to trade at $74.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.1697, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.01.