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Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.07%

Published 08/01/2016, 12:15 PM
Updated 08/01/2016, 12:15 PM
© Reuters.  Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.07%

© Reuters. Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.07%

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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.07%, while the MDAX index gained 0.05%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN), which rose 1.40% or 2.050 points to trade at 148.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) added 0.94% or 0.100 points to end at 10.730 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRK) was up 0.73% or 0.720 points to 99.480 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 3.77% or 0.600 points to trade at 15.305 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 2.22% or 0.213 points to end at 9.379 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was down 2.22% or 0.131 points to 5.765.

The top performers on the MDAX were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO O.N. (DE:FPEG_p) which rose 2.86% to 38.825, Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which was up 1.76% to settle at 45.190 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which gained 1.53% to close at 42.420.

The worst performers were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 2.82% to 41.310 in late trade, Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which lost 2.52% to settle at 28.620 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which was down 2.19% to 8.39 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which rose 2.58% to 57.710, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 2.42% to settle at 4.191 and Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which gained 2.26% to close at 24.005.

The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 3.89% to 23.84 in late trade, Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which lost 3.72% to settle at 23.800 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 1.96% to 7.853 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 462 to 416 and 31 ended unchanged.

Shares in Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN) rose to all time highs; rising 1.40% or 2.050 to 148.800. Shares in Merck KGaA (DE:MRK) rose to 52-week highs; rising 0.73% or 0.720 to 99.480. Shares in Covestro AG (DE:1COV) rose to all time highs; up 1.53% or 0.640 to 42.420. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to all time highs; up 2.58% or 1.450 to 57.710.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.92.

Gold for December delivery was up 0.23% or 3.15 to $1360.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.63% or 1.51 to hit $40.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.31% or 1.44 to trade at $42.09 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1175, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8466.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.60.

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