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Germany shares lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.53%

Published 2018-02-19, 12:15 p/m
© Reuters.  Germany shares lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.53%
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Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Retail and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX declined 0.53%, while the MDAX index fell 0.52%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.57%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 2.42% or 0.385 points to trade at 16.315 at the close. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) added 2.10% or 0.272 points to end at 13.194 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) was up 0.97% or 0.260 points to 27.040 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn), which lost 2.06% or 1.490 points to trade at 71.010 in late trade. Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE:FMEG) declined 1.66% or 1.460 points to end at 86.420 and Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) shed 1.55% or 2.70 points to 171.80.

The top performers on the MDAX were Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (DE:HLE) which rose 1.62% to 56.55, Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was up 0.90% to settle at 72.850 and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (DE:PBBG) which gained 0.72% to close at 14.07.

The worst performers were Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which was down 4.59% to 68.550 in late trade, Gerresheimer AG (BS:GXId) which lost 2.96% to settle at 67.250 and Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which was down 1.69% to 67.380 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which rose 2.65% to 17.450, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 1.73% to settle at 46.940 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 1.62% to close at 119.300.

The worst performers were Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which was down 4.00% to 37.20 in late trade, GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which lost 2.26% to settle at 11.250 and Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was down 2.22% to 264.50 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 387 to 351 and 74 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.34% to 19.84.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.48% or 6.50 to $1349.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.23% or 0.76 to hit $62.31 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.66 to trade at $65.50 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.2405, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8860.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.13.

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