Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer & Cyclical and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.23%, while the MDAX index declined 0.24%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn), which rose 1.56% or 1.80 points to trade at 117.00 at the close. Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) added 1.10% or 0.98 points to end at 89.84 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was up 1.00% or 0.230 points to 23.130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN), which lost 3.10% or 5.60 points to trade at 175.00 in late trade. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 1.53% or 0.150 points to end at 9.640 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) shed 1.22% or 0.190 points to 15.330.
The top performers on the MDAX were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which rose 24.36% to 0.59, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 5.67% to settle at 150.95 and Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which gained 2.23% to close at 72.470.
The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which was down 2.50% to 85.807 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 1.75% to settle at 37.800 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which was down 1.62% to 24.655 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 12.20% to 14.530, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was up 10.41% to settle at 13.260 and RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which gained 5.86% to close at 20.600.
The worst performers were Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 3.16% to 22.230 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which lost 3.14% to settle at 33.915 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which was down 2.87% to 116.850 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 410 to 349 and 34 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.94% to 13.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1247.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.03% or 0.59 to hit $57.95 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.05% or 1.30 to trade at $64.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1798, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.8836.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.77.