Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Transportation & Logistics, Industrials and Consumer & Cyclical sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.29%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.20%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 3.06% or 0.570 points to trade at 19.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 2.16% or 0.200 points to end at 9.477 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) was up 2.12% or 0.690 points to 33.185 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 1.13% or 0.215 points to trade at 18.855 at the close. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 0.31% or 0.270 points to end at 87.370 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 0.31% or 0.060 points to 19.600.
The top performers on the MDAX were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which rose 4.60% to 46.80, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 2.14% to settle at 96.50 and Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which gained 1.91% to close at 13.890.
The worst performers were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which was down 3.09% to 61.790 in late trade, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which lost 0.82% to settle at 40.69 and Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 0.82% to 64.170 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 3.50% to 10.645, S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was up 2.77% to settle at 13.861 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 2.48% to close at 250.00.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 3.65% to 38.250 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 2.18% to settle at 26.050 and GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 2.04% to 18.760 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 379 to 336 and 21 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.06% or 0.570 to 19.200. Shares in Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE:DPWGn) rose to all time highs; rising 2.12% or 0.690 to 33.185. Shares in Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.60% or 2.06 to 46.80. Shares in Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.91% or 0.260 to 13.890. Shares in S&T AG (F:SANT1) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.77% or 0.373 to 13.861. Shares in Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) rose to all time highs; up 2.48% or 6.05 to 250.00.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.63% to 12.65.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.94% or 11.79 to $1244.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.74% or 0.32 to hit $43.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.23 to trade at $45.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1187, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8792.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.03.