Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Retail, Transportation & Logistics and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.25% to hit a new 3-months low, while the MDAX index fell 0.12%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 2.46% or 0.385 points to trade at 16.010 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 2.18% or 0.225 points to end at 10.555 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) was up 1.24% or 0.215 points to 17.570 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG), which fell 2.77% or 2.250 points to trade at 78.940 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 2.65% or 1.660 points to end at 60.920 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.38% or 1.90 points to 135.85.
The top performers on the MDAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which rose 2.13% to 65.310, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was up 1.73% to settle at 53.510 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which gained 1.56% to close at 71.500.
The worst performers were Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was down 3.23% to 9.301 in late trade, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which lost 1.62% to settle at 36.99 and Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which was down 1.44% to 513.30 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were S&T AG (F:SANT1) which rose 3.52% to 14.422, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was up 2.88% to settle at 15.725 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which gained 2.06% to close at 38.840.
The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 5.02% to 83.500 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 2.84% to settle at 63.600 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 2.48% to 6.376 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 446 to 317 and 32 ended unchanged.
Shares in S&T AG (F:SANT1) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.52% or 0.491 to 14.422. Shares in Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.48% or 0.162 to 6.376.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.23% to 15.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.08 to $1254.98 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.22% or 0.56 to hit $46.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.53 to trade at $48.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1632, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.90.