Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 1.19%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.76%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.84%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG), which rose 3.90% or 2.450 points to trade at 65.280 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (XETRA:FMEG) added 3.05% or 2.270 points to end at 76.600 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (XETRA:DTEGn) was up 3.04% or 0.500 points to 16.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn), which fell 0.49% or 0.050 points to trade at 10.155 at the close. Adidas AG NA O.N. (XETRA:ADSGN) declined 0.16% or 0.120 points to end at 74.350 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn) was down 0.11% or 0.035 points to 31.985.
The top performers on the MDAX were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (XETRA:SY1G) which rose 4.89% to 63.490, Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which was up 4.30% to settle at 54.000 and Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:FPEG_p) which gained 3.93% to close at 41.130.
The worst performers were GEA Group AG (XETRA:G1AG) which was down 0.87% to 38.215 in late trade, Hochtief AG (XETRA:HOTG) which lost 0.73% to settle at 78.850 and Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which was down 0.71% to 38.425 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Drillisch AG O.N. (XETRA:DRIG) which rose 9.12% to 42.000, PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (XETRA:PSAGn) which was up 4.24% to settle at 11.925 and QSC AG NA O.N. (XETRA:QSCG) which gained 4.18% to close at 1.895.
The worst performers were Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was down 4.30% to 32.235 in late trade, Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which lost 3.97% to settle at 3.431 and Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which was down 3.78% to 10.175 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 526 to 219 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (XETRA:FREG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.90% or 2.450 to 65.280. Shares in Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (XETRA:SY1G) rose to all time highs; up 4.89% or 2.960 to 63.490. Shares in Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) rose to all time highs; rising 4.30% or 2.224 to 54.000. Shares in Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:FPEG_p) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.93% or 1.555 to 41.130. Shares in Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.97% or 0.142 to 3.431.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 8.81% to 17.60.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.41% or 4.50 to $1090.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.93% or 1.38 to hit $45.74 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.17% or 2.17 to trade at $50.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.0958, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.7026.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 97.55.