Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Software sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.12%, while the MDAX index declined 0.01%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn), which rose 2.93% or 0.440 points to trade at 15.435 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 2.61% or 1.650 points to end at 64.770 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) was up 2.33% or 0.69 points to 30.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which fell 5.31% or 1.030 points to trade at 18.360 at the close. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 2.57% or 0.305 points to end at 11.575 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) was down 1.16% or 0.082 points to 6.999.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (DE:DWNG) which rose 2.24% to 27.350, Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was up 2.08% to settle at 34.915 and Rhoen-Klinikum O.N. (DE:RHKG) which gained 2.05% to close at 27.405.
The worst performers were Salzgitter AG O.N. (DE:SZGG) which was down 6.15% to 27.320 in late trade, Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which lost 5.76% to settle at 48.385 and Leoni AG NA O.N. (DE:LEOGn) which was down 4.52% to 29.335 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which rose 4.86% to 45.300, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) which was up 3.34% to settle at 30.620 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 3.10% to close at 46.500.
The worst performers were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (DE:SMHNn) which was down 6.05% to 7.780 in late trade, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which lost 3.23% to settle at 4.017 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 1.62% to 24.22 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 524 to 361 and 31 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (DE:AFXG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.34% or 0.990 to 30.620.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.31% to 22.31.
Gold for June delivery was down 2.28% or 29.55 to $1264.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.49% or 1.11 to hit $43.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.44% or 1.56 to trade at $43.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.7913.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 94.04.