Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Software, Media and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.17%, while the MDAX index gained 0.20%, and the TecDAX index added 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn), which rose 2.41% or 2.700 points to trade at 114.900 at the close. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) added 1.21% or 0.320 points to end at 26.670 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) was up 1.16% or 0.132 points to 11.484 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING), which lost 0.73% or 1.20 points to trade at 163.65 in late trade. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) declined 0.71% or 0.630 points to end at 88.340 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) shed 0.58% or 0.380 points to 64.950.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which rose 2.37% to 58.400, Rational AG (BS:RAAd) which was up 1.56% to settle at 515.00 and Aareal Bank AG (DE:ARLG) which gained 1.47% to close at 39.390.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 4.50% to 0.20 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 1.71% to settle at 34.540 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which was down 1.42% to 79.020 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which rose 4.73% to 9.436, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was up 3.58% to settle at 121.600 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 3.09% to close at 101.300.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 3.15% to 5.065 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 1.78% to settle at 18.170 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was down 1.05% to 28.320 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 384 to 310 and 83 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.03% to 18.90.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.01% or 0.20 to $1336.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.06% or 1.28 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.98% or 1.33 to trade at $68.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.2315, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8718.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 89.61.