Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Retail and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.07% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index climbed 1.20%, and the TecDAX index added 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 2.53% or 0.380 points to trade at 15.380 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 2.53% or 0.595 points to end at 24.145 and BASF SE NA O.N. (DE:BASFN) was up 2.46% or 2.090 points to 87.120 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which lost 0.32% or 0.120 points to trade at 37.270 in late trade. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 0.22% or 0.08 points to end at 36.27 and RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) shed 0.02% or 0.005 points to 20.155.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which rose 3.60% to 94.63, Zalando SE (DE:ZALG) which was up 2.97% to settle at 44.73 and K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which gained 2.59% to close at 23.955.
The worst performers were Deutsche Euroshop AG (DE:DEQGn) which was down 1.14% to 37.195 in late trade, STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which lost 0.93% to settle at 63.750 and Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which was down 0.48% to 35.045 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which rose 3.46% to 54.700, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 3.33% to settle at 27.175 and Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which gained 2.12% to close at 30.885.
The worst performers were Nordex SE O.N. (DE:NDXG) which was down 1.62% to 11.560 in late trade, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which lost 0.37% to settle at 242.95 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which was down 0.28% to 99.620 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 569 to 175 and 23 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 8.07% to 12.10 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.56% or 7.09 to $1249.41 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.36% or 0.16 to hit $44.81 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.13 to trade at $47.24 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.1158, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 97.15.