Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Insurance and Consumer & Cyclical sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Retail, Basic Resources and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.14%, while the MDAX index declined 0.30%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE:HNKG_p), which rose 0.91% or 1.00 points to trade at 110.95 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 0.76% or 0.074 points to end at 9.776 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 0.53% or 0.120 points to 22.610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which lost 2.06% or 2.90 points to trade at 137.94 in late trade. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) declined 1.77% or 0.78 points to end at 43.41 and Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn) shed 1.26% or 0.700 points to 55.000.
The top performers on the MDAX were Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which rose 1.69% to 52.820, Airbus Group SE (DE:AIRG) which was up 1.20% to settle at 107.56 and Talanx AG NA O.N. (DE:TLXGn) which gained 1.05% to close at 32.860.
The worst performers were Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 3.77% to 54.950 in late trade, Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which lost 3.68% to settle at 38.240 and Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 3.35% to 56.200 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 4.03% to 22.950, S&T AG (DE:SANT1) which was up 4.02% to settle at 26.38 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 2.33% to close at 195.750.
The worst performers were Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 3.17% to 58.00 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which lost 2.95% to settle at 13.810 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was down 2.62% to 30.420 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 378 to 338 and 67 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.11% to 16.78.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.50 to $1206.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.42% or 0.29 to hit $70.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.52 to trade at $78.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1617, while EUR/GBP rose 0.74% to 0.9019.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 95.06.