Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Media and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.26%, while the MDAX index gained 1.23%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which rose 3.44% or 0.370 points to trade at 11.120 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 3.09% or 0.440 points to end at 14.660 and Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) was up 2.52% or 0.855 points to 34.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG), which added 0.13% or 0.25 points to trade at 189.90 in late trade. Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) added 0.28% or 0.055 points to end at 19.660 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) gained 0.31% or 0.250 points to 80.200.
The top performers on the MDAX were Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which rose 3.89% to 11.49, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was up 3.05% to settle at 58.050 and Schaeffler AG Pref (DE:SHA_p) which gained 2.52% to close at 11.79.
The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 0.09% to 38.210 in late trade, Lanxess AG (DE:LXSG) which lost 0.05% to settle at 63.600 and Talanx AG NA O.N. (DE:TLXGn) which was up 0.18% to 33.720 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which rose 4.78% to 57.260, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was up 4.36% to settle at 9.281 and Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which gained 3.97% to close at 7.070.
The worst performers were Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was up 0.04% to 23.290 in late trade, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE:COPMa) which gained 0.60% to settle at 48.290 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 0.60% to 34.320 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 621 to 150 and 16 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 14.84% to 14.89.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.34% or 4.44 to $1289.56 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.21% or 0.59 to hit $48.23 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.46% or 0.76 to trade at $51.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1776, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.9075.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 93.31.