Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Retail and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.59% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.55%, and the TecDAX index added 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn), which rose 3.70% or 0.960 points to trade at 26.925 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 1.75% or 1.040 points to end at 60.310 and Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG) was up 1.69% or 0.230 points to 13.840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which fell 2.63% or 0.330 points to trade at 12.230 at the close. E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) declined 1.46% or 0.139 points to end at 9.366 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE:VOWG_p) was down 1.40% or 1.410 points to 99.190.
The top performers on the MDAX were Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (DE:WING) which rose 17.10% to 45.550, Metro AG ST O.N. (DE:MEOG) which was up 2.46% to settle at 27.540 and Tag Immobilien AG (DE:TEGG) which gained 2.31% to close at 11.300.
The worst performers were Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) which was down 2.92% to 88.240 in late trade, Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which lost 2.22% to settle at 36.75 and Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which was down 1.36% to 36.390 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which rose 3.77% to 39.515, PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (DE:PSAGn) which was up 3.75% to settle at 12.450 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) which gained 3.59% to close at 39.145.
The worst performers were Software AG O.N. (DE:SOWG) which was down 2.30% to 24.425 in late trade, Kontron AG O.N. (DE:KBCG) which lost 0.76% to settle at 2.990 and Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was down 0.59% to 5.080 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 425 to 260 and 34 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hugo Boss AG NA O.N. (DE:BOSSn) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.92% or 2.650 to 88.240. Shares in Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE:NEKG) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.59% or 1.355 to 39.145.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.01% to 20.44 a new 1-month low.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.00% or 11.80 to $1171.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.60% or 1.24 to hit $46.48 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.90% or 1.47 to trade at $48.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1321, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7321.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 94.99.