Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Media and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.07% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index declined 0.11%, and the TecDAX index added 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 1.55% or 0.345 points to trade at 22.595 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) added 1.43% or 1.190 points to end at 84.390 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 1.19% or 1.10 points to 93.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which fell 2.86% or 0.825 points to trade at 28.045 at the close. Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) declined 2.62% or 0.410 points to end at 15.230 and Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) was down 2.14% or 4.00 points to 183.00.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 2.30% to 72.970, Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which was up 2.01% to settle at 81.860 and Gerresheimer AG (BS:GXId) which gained 1.39% to close at 66.960.
The worst performers were Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which was down 1.69% to 116.650 in late trade, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which lost 1.64% to settle at 58.600 and Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which was down 1.49% to 50.190 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 4.97% to 18.675, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was up 3.12% to settle at 95.090 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 2.68% to close at 82.040.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 1.96% to 14.255 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which lost 0.89% to settle at 80.000 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was down 0.83% to 29.300 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 399 to 360 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.55% or 0.345 to 22.595.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.06% to 12.01.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.03% or 13.07 to $1282.27 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.64% or 1.47 to hit $57.11 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.82% or 1.75 to trade at $63.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1605, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.70.