Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financial Services, Food & Beverages and Basic Resources sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 1.49%, while the MDAX index added 1.71%, and the TecDAX index added 2.20%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn), which rose 4.38% or 3.500 points to trade at 83.320 at the close. Meanwhile, Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn) added 3.33% or 0.950 points to end at 29.480 and Lanxess AG (XETRA:LXSG) was up 2.85% or 1.510 points to 54.470 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (XETRA:BMWG), which fell 0.24% or 0.230 points to trade at 94.970 at the close. Henkel AG & Co Kgaa Vzo (XETRA:HNKG_p) declined 0.09% or 0.100 points to end at 106.550 and K & S AG NA O.N. (XETRA:SDFGN) was down 0.05% or 0.020 points to 37.995.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gagfah SA Nom. (XETRA:GFJG) which rose 4.46% to 14.050, Salzgitter AG O.N. (XETRA:SZGG) which was up 4.29% to settle at 32.555 and STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (XETRA:STAGn) which gained 3.65% to close at 32.795.
The worst performers were Fielmann AG O.N. (XETRA:FIEG) which was down 1.13% to 60.230 in late trade, Evonik Industries AG (XETRA:EVKn) which lost 0.96% to settle at 35.455 and A.Springer AG VNA (XETRA:SPRGn) which was down 0.34% to 49.850 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) which rose 6.32% to 177.550, Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) which was up 5.58% to settle at 34.745 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (XETRA:DRWG_p) which gained 5.57% to close at 98.030.
The worst performers were Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) which was down 2.76% to 5.244 in late trade, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (XETRA:COPMa) which lost 0.70% to settle at 33.900 and Cancom SE O.N. (XETRA:COKG) which was down 0.50% to 35.075 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 626 to 130 and 29 ended unchanged.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.38% or 3.500 to 83.320. Shares in Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:SATG_p) rose to all time highs; rising 6.32% or 10.550 to 177.550. Shares in Aixtron SE NA O.N. (XETRA:AIXGn) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.76% or 0.149 to 5.244. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (XETRA:NEKG) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.58% or 1.835 to 34.745.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 22.18% to 20.73 a new 1-month low.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.16% or 1.90 to $1156.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.68% or 0.36 to hit $53.10 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.10 to trade at $59.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.17% to 1.1028, while EUR/GBP fell 1.15% to 0.7106.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.87% at 96.79.