Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Food & Beverages and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Media, Technology and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.11%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.18%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG NA O.N. (DE:ADSGN), which rose 1.31% or 1.900 points to trade at 147.350 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) added 1.26% or 0.190 points to end at 15.220 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was up 1.22% or 0.265 points to 21.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which fell 2.20% or 0.78 points to trade at 34.62 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) declined 1.63% or 0.107 points to end at 6.448 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 0.84% or 0.125 points to 14.800.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 2.27% to 48.610, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 1.88% to settle at 28.785 and Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which gained 1.82% to close at 53.816.
The worst performers were Kuka AG (DE:KU2G) which was down 2.82% to 94.750 in late trade, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which lost 2.55% to settle at 30.785 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 0.82% to 42.720 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 2.14% to 19.605, Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was up 1.68% to settle at 27.80 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which gained 1.55% to close at 8.006.
The worst performers were STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was down 1.66% to 55.000 in late trade, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which lost 1.39% to settle at 30.805 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 1.31% to 45.260 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 514 to 363 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.22% or 0.265 to 21.900.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.20% to 17.91.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.85 to $1330.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.33% or 1.03 to hit $45.18 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.49% or 0.70 to trade at $47.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1151, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8376.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 95.75.