Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Media and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.24%, while the MDAX index fell 0.07%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 6.64% or 0.448 points to trade at 7.196 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 3.76% or 0.555 points to end at 15.305 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was up 2.91% or 0.615 points to 21.735 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 3.45% or 0.425 points to trade at 11.905 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 1.86% or 0.57 points to end at 30.02 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) was down 1.74% or 0.590 points to 33.300.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which rose 7.27% to 10.44, Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which was up 5.06% to settle at 33.030 and Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which gained 3.14% to close at 29.860.
The worst performers were LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which was down 2.80% to 69.490 in late trade, Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (DE:DWNG) which lost 2.35% to settle at 26.780 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 2.15% to 37.935 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE:MORG) which rose 4.33% to 47.800, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which was up 4.01% to settle at 43.595 and Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which gained 3.33% to close at 5.580.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 3.39% to 17.400 in late trade, Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which lost 3.13% to settle at 37.555 and STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was down 3.01% to 44.800 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 502 to 402 and 22 ended unchanged.
Shares in Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.74% or 0.590 to 33.300. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.39% or 0.610 to 17.400. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.33% or 0.180 to 5.580.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.12% to 20.58.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.39% or 4.80 to $1219.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.44% or 1.06 to hit $42.35 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.35% or 1.05 to trade at $43.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.20% to 1.0724, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8596.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.14% at 100.12.