Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Software, Technology and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 1.36% to hit a new 6-month low, while the MDAX index fell 1.64%, and the TecDAX index lost 3.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn), which rose 0.41% or 0.16 points to trade at 39.64 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 0.34% or 0.070 points to end at 20.670 and Covestro AG (DE:1COV) was up 0.24% or 0.160 points to 66.760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG), which lost 4.55% or 0.407 points to trade at 8.542 in late trade. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG) declined 3.00% or 0.560 points to end at 18.130 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) shed 2.74% or 0.540 points to 19.200.
The top performers on the MDAX were Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE:B4B) which rose 1.07% to 13.6750, Deutsche Wohnen AG (DE:DWNG) which was up 1.03% to settle at 40.090 and Grand City Properties SA (DE:GYC) which gained 0.75% to close at 21.42.
The worst performers were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER) which was down 5.84% to 37.40 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 4.75% to settle at 29.700 and CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was down 4.22% to 35.820 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which fell 0.86% to 16.150, Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was down 1.30% to settle at 31.160 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which lost 1.38% to close at 19.725.
The worst performers were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which was down 11.89% to 166.525 in late trade, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which lost 8.87% to settle at 17.06 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 8.22% to 10.830 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 544 to 176 and 59 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.29% or 15.50 to $1190.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.67% or 0.50 to hit $73.84 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.95% or 0.80 to trade at $83.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1473, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8786.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.55.