Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources, Utilities and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.62% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index gained 1.21%, and the TecDAX index added 1.62%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 3.15% or 0.262 points to trade at 8.587 at the close. Meanwhile, K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) added 2.86% or 0.580 points to end at 20.860 and Merck KGAA O.N. (DE:MRCG) was up 2.78% or 2.120 points to 78.280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 0.03% or 0.005 points to trade at 14.985 at the close. Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE:CBKG) added 0.31% or 0.026 points to end at 8.466 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) was up 0.37% or 0.065 points to 17.550.
The top performers on the MDAX were Salzgitter AG O.N. (DE:SZGG) which rose 5.93% to 25.000, Gerry Weber Internat.O.N. (DE:GWIG) which was up 4.96% to settle at 13.220 and Duerr AG O.N. (DE:DUEG) which gained 4.26% to close at 63.210.
The worst performers were Brenntag AG (DE:BNRGn) which was down 1.65% to 45.820 in late trade, Rhoen-Klinikum O.N. (DE:RHKG) which lost 0.91% to settle at 27.215 and Kloeckner & Co SE NA (DE:KCOGn) which was down 0.86% to 8.920 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which rose 6.94% to 65.840, Aixtron SE NA O.N. (DE:AIXGn) which was up 4.39% to settle at 3.331 and SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which gained 4.22% to close at 43.500.
The worst performers were PSI AG F.Pr.U.Sys. NA (DE:PSAGn) which was down 0.81% to 14.090 in late trade, Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which lost 0.68% to settle at 10.290 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 0.62% to 231.800 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 639 to 202 and 30 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.58% to 21.29 a new 1-month low.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.31% or 16.50 to $1242.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 3.84% or 1.48 to hit $37.02 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.60% or 1.05 to trade at $39.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1102, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.7753.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 96.57.