Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Financial Services and Construction sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.36% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index fell 0.01%, and the TecDAX index added 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn), which rose 1.35% or 0.330 points to trade at 24.690 at the close. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) added 1.32% or 1.170 points to end at 89.670 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) was up 1.26% or 1.240 points to 99.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which lost 0.97% or 0.150 points to trade at 15.340 in late trade. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) declined 0.56% or 0.140 points to end at 24.900 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) shed 0.49% or 0.46 points to 93.06.
The top performers on the MDAX were Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which rose 2.65% to 64.000, Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which was up 1.75% to settle at 78.920 and Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which gained 1.28% to close at 16.630.
The worst performers were Steinhoff International Holdings NV (DE:SNHG) which was down 10.68% to 0.53 in late trade, Suedzucker AG (DE:SZUG) which lost 4.89% to settle at 17.295 and Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (DE:FPEG_p) which was down 1.61% to 45.140 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which rose 6.50% to 105.950, Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which was up 3.72% to settle at 14.500 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which gained 3.62% to close at 286.00.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 2.88% to 7.080 in late trade, Qiagen NV (DE:QGEN) which lost 2.13% to settle at 26.610 and Jenoptik AG (DE:JENG) which was down 1.38% to 28.680 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 496 to 237 and 81 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.89% to 12.52.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.35% or 4.60 to $1317.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $61.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.10 to trade at $67.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1975, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 92.04.