Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Food & Beverages and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Basic Resources and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.58%, while the MDAX index lost 0.33%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which rose 1.35% or 0.330 points to trade at 24.770 at the close. Meanwhile, Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) added 0.90% or 1.75 points to end at 195.60 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was up 0.79% or 0.620 points to 79.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which fell 2.32% or 0.222 points to trade at 9.341 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) declined 1.75% or 2.98 points to end at 167.16 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was down 1.52% or 0.350 points to 22.730.
The top performers on the MDAX were Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which rose 1.21% to 108.900, Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was up 0.95% to settle at 46.820 and Fraport AG (DE:FRAG) which gained 0.91% to close at 82.020.
The worst performers were Rocket Internet (DE:RKET) which was down 2.80% to 22.90 in late trade, Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which lost 2.42% to settle at 8.308 and Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which was down 1.54% to 17.890 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 2.68% to 15.545, Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was up 2.63% to settle at 132.550 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which gained 1.86% to close at 20.240.
The worst performers were CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which was down 1.82% to 41.060 in late trade, Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which lost 1.60% to settle at 147.650 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which was down 1.25% to 20.520 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 387 to 326 and 74 ended unchanged.
Shares in Metro AG (DE:MEOG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.42% or 0.206 to 8.308. Shares in CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.82% or 0.760 to 41.060. Shares in Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.63% or 3.400 to 132.550.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 8.48% to 17.97 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.47% or 6.10 to $1297.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.83% or 1.24 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.95 to trade at $75.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1631, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.36.