Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.01%

© Reuters. Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.01%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Software, Telecoms and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retail, Consumer & Cyclical and Insurance sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.01%, while the MDAX index gained 0.20%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.79%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Porsche Automobil Holding SE (DE:PSHG_p), which rose 2.81% or 2.370 points to trade at 86.810 at the close. Meanwhile, SAP SE (DE:SAPG) added 2.27% or 2.720 points to end at 122.500 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was up 1.02% or 1.84 points to 182.75 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which fell 3.47% or 3.60 points to trade at 100.25 at the close. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) declined 2.27% or 3.83 points to end at 164.70 and Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) was down 2.26% or 2.38 points to 103.14.

The top performers on the MDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which rose 7.78% to 184.300, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was up 3.70% to settle at 34.150 and Vantage Towers AG (DE:VTWRn) which gained 2.82% to close at 31.37.

The worst performers were AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) which was down 6.90% to 21.60 in late trade, Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) which lost 3.36% to settle at 5.816 and Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (DE:AT1) which was down 2.18% to 5.290 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which rose 7.78% to 184.300, United Internet AG NA (DE:UTDI) which was up 3.70% to settle at 34.150 and Vantage Towers AG (DE:VTWRn) which gained 2.82% to close at 31.37.

The worst performers were S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was down 2.24% to 18.80 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 2.15% to settle at 32.830 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 1.83% to 38.680 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 445 to 262 and 69 ended unchanged.

Shares in AUTO1 Group SE (DE:AG1G) fell to all time lows; losing 6.90% or 1.60 to 21.60. Shares in Vantage Towers AG (DE:VTWRn) rose to all time highs; up 2.82% or 0.86 to 31.37. Shares in Vantage Towers AG (DE:VTWRn) rose to all time highs; up 2.82% or 0.86 to 31.37.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.83% to 20.59.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.21% or 3.75 to $1788.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $71.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.49% or 0.37 to trade at $74.78 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1295, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8549.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 96.235.