Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Financial Services and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Food & Beverages and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.38%, while the MDAX index added 0.11%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn), which rose 2.11% or 0.202 points to trade at 9.754 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) added 0.73% or 0.460 points to end at 63.050 and Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG) was up 0.29% or 0.250 points to 85.270 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG), which fell 4.42% or 0.620 points to trade at 13.395 at the close. E.ON SE NA (XETRA:EONGn) declined 1.75% or 0.180 points to end at 10.105 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (XETRA:LHAG) was down 1.59% or 0.175 points to 10.855.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (XETRA:GXId) which rose 4.37% to 64.540, Deutsche Euroshop AG O.N. (XETRA:DEQGn) which was up 2.73% to settle at 39.675 and Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which gained 2.43% to close at 38.000.
The worst performers were Wacker Chemie O.N. (XETRA:WCHG) which was down 2.10% to 76.920 in late trade, Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which lost 1.96% to settle at 27.775 and Elringklinger AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ZILGn) which was down 1.61% to 21.350 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which rose 9.18% to 51.500, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which was up 5.59% to settle at 196.500 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) which gained 3.97% to close at 84.820.
The worst performers were QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which was down 1.88% to 1.720 in late trade, BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) which lost 1.45% to settle at 258.700 and LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) which was down 1.18% to 8.401 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 332 to 330 and 39 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 27.93 a new 3-years high.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.00 to $1133.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 4.25% or 1.92 to hit $47.14 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.83% or 1.92 to trade at $51.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1205, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.7298.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 96.05.