Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Software, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Financial Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.04%, while the MDAX index added 0.19%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.61%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG), which rose 16.79% or 17.675 points to trade at 122.950 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 1.96% or 1.80 points to end at 93.76 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE:BEIG) was up 1.19% or 1.040 points to 88.540 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 2.08% or 0.330 points to trade at 15.555 at the close. Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) declined 1.62% or 0.860 points to end at 52.170 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.27% or 1.90 points to 147.66.
The top performers on the MDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 5.06% to 120.500, Bechtle AG (DE:BC8G) which was up 3.35% to settle at 70.900 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 2.41% to close at 20.800.
The worst performers were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which was down 3.02% to 39.16 in late trade, Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which lost 2.51% to settle at 37.26 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which was down 1.94% to 18.2000 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which rose 9.68% to 48.040, Dr. Hoenle AG O.N. (DE:HNLG) which was up 7.51% to settle at 54.400 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 3.88% to close at 268.00.
The worst performers were Stabilus (DE:STAB) which was down 10.55% to 48.66 in late trade, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which lost 4.34% to settle at 9.91 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 4.17% to 21.140 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 367 to 330 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Stabilus (DE:STAB) fell to 52-week lows; down 10.55% or 5.74 to 48.66.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.12% to 16.08 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.28% or 3.75 to $1318.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.86% or 1.03 to hit $54.23 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.48 to trade at $62.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1436, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8756.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.542.