Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Retail and Financial Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Consumer & Cyclical and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.72%, while the MDAX index gained 0.09%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were HelloFresh SE (DE:HFGG), which rose 1.88% or 1.52 points to trade at 82.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) added 1.21% or 0.450 points to end at 37.530 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 0.90% or 0.48 points to 53.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Porsche Automobil Holding SE (DE:PSHG_p), which fell 3.51% or 3.160 points to trade at 86.970 at the close. Covestro AG (DE:1COV) declined 3.29% or 1.920 points to end at 56.360 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 3.14% or 6.24 points to 192.46.
The top performers on the MDAX were Befesa SA (DE:BFSA) which rose 4.41% to 68.70, Hypoport AG (DE:HYQGn) which was up 3.29% to settle at 495.400 and Rational AG (DE:RAAG) which gained 3.26% to close at 818.00.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 6.74% to 20.960 in late trade, Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which lost 2.25% to settle at 78.200 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 2.09% to 72.650 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 2.55% to 91.700, Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (DE:EUZG) which was up 1.42% to settle at 121.300 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) which gained 1.21% to close at 37.530.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 6.74% to 20.960 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which lost 3.54% to settle at 37.880 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was down 1.77% to 2.326 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 396 to 294 and 76 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.55% or 2.280 to 91.700. Shares in Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.54% or 1.390 to 37.880.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.02% to 16.73.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.55 to $1766.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.21% or 0.17 to hit $81.56 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.44 to trade at $84.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1613, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8461.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.927.