Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.70%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.13%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGn), which rose 4.14% or 1.340 points to trade at 33.670 at the close. Bayer AG NA (XETRA:BAYGN) added 1.53% or 1.800 points to end at 119.500 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) was up 1.51% or 0.275 points to 18.515 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck KGAA O.N. (XETRA:MRCG), which lost 0.73% or 0.610 points to trade at 83.100 in late trade. RWE AG ST O.N. (XETRA:RWEG) declined 0.20% or 0.025 points to end at 12.570 and Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DPWGn) gained 0.08% or 0.020 points to 24.205.
The top performers on the MDAX were Kuka AG (XETRA:KU2G) which rose 2.20% to 73.280, RTL Group SA (XETRA:RRTL) which was up 1.26% to settle at 78.590 and Aurubis AG (XETRA:NAFG) which gained 0.97% to close at 58.420.
The worst performers were Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which was down 2.78% to 36.015 in late trade, Evonik Industries AG (XETRA:EVKn) which lost 1.70% to settle at 31.140 and Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which was down 0.92% to 12.915 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Cancom SE O.N. (XETRA:COKG) which rose 6.21% to 30.935, LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) which was up 2.99% to settle at 8.342 and BB Biotech AG (XETRA:BIONn) which gained 1.98% to close at 267.800.
The worst performers were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (XETRA:AFXG) which was down 2.79% to 23.180 in late trade, PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (XETRA:PSAGn) which lost 2.62% to settle at 11.720 and Software AG O.N. (XETRA:SOWG) which was down 2.27% to 24.495 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 385 to 276 and 51 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 13.49% to 29.37.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.34% or 3.80 to $1117.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.41% or 1.57 to hit $44.48 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 3.56% or 1.76 to trade at $47.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1171, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.7308.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.13.