Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Consumer & Cyclical sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.78%, while the MDAX index lost 0.51%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p), which rose 3.04% or 4.26 points to trade at 144.42 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) added 2.59% or 1.97 points to end at 78.07 and Merck KGaA (DE:MRCG) was up 2.46% or 2.12 points to 88.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG), which lost 3.20% or 0.615 points to trade at 18.580 in late trade. Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) declined 1.25% or 1.75 points to end at 138.40 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) shed 0.57% or 0.115 points to 19.985.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht AG (DE:OSRn) which rose 4.80% to 32.11, Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which was up 3.12% to settle at 4.798 and Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which gained 2.28% to close at 3.543.
The worst performers were MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which was down 3.70% to 169.00 in late trade, Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which lost 3.07% to settle at 44.900 and Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE:NOEJ) which was down 2.97% to 45.700 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Tele Columbus AG (DE:TC1n) which rose 3.54% to 3.36, Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:CECG) which was up 3.12% to settle at 4.798 and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen O.N. (DE:HDDG) which gained 2.69% to close at 2.1340.
The worst performers were Dr. Hoenle AG O.N. (DE:HNLG) which was down 3.94% to 63.400 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 3.54% to settle at 47.900 and Isra Vision O.N. (DE:ISRG) which was down 3.08% to 37.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 378 to 333 and 62 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.09% to 19.95.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.74% or 9.10 to $1231.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $71.39 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.10 to trade at $80.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1591, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 94.67.