Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Chemicals and Basic Resources sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.99%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.47%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN), which rose 3.04% or 2.38 points to trade at 80.78 at the close. Linde AG 1 (DE:LIN1) added 2.53% or 4.8000 points to end at 194.3000 and Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p) was up 2.27% or 2.45 points to 110.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which lost 0.10% or 0.008 points to trade at 8.122 in late trade. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 0.09% or 0.04 points to end at 43.12 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) gained 0.09% or 0.009 points to 9.767.
The top performers on the MDAX were Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which rose 3.42% to 40.490, Scout24 AG (DE:G24n) which was up 2.52% to settle at 44.020 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which gained 2.37% to close at 51.75.
The worst performers were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which was down 1.41% to 30.720 in late trade, Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which lost 0.87% to settle at 25.080 and Puma SE (DE:PUMG) which was down 0.67% to 448.00 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which rose 6.24% to 23.85, Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was up 3.60% to settle at 17.410 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 3.24% to close at 184.600.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was down 0.78% to 20.300 in late trade, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which lost 0.50% to settle at 298.00 and Siemens Healthineers AG (DE:SHLG) which was down 0.11% to 37.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 463 to 226 and 92 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 10.33% to 16.09.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.89% or 10.50 to $1194.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.28% or 0.18 to hit $65.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.42 to trade at $72.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1454, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8966.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.90.