Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.45%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology , Consumer & Cyclical and Food & Beverages sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.45%, while the MDAX index climbed 1.18%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.03%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Adidas AG (ETR:ADSGN ), which rose 3.17% or 6.80 points to trade at 221.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p ) added 2.77% or 1.60 points to end at 59.28 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p ) was up 2.65% or 5.60 points to 216.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG ), which fell 5.02% or 0.77 points to trade at 14.57 at the close. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn ) declined 2.39% or 7.60 points to end at 310.80 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG ) was down 1.62% or 10.00 points to 609.00.

The top performers on the MDAX were HelloFresh SE (ETR:HFGG ) which rose 8.32% to 11.46, Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn ) which was up 7.09% to settle at 13.90 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG ) which gained 5.04% to close at 11.89.

The worst performers were CTS Eventim AG (ETR:EVDG ) which was down 2.11% to 81.00 in late trade, Hypoport AG (ETR:HYQGn ) which lost 1.59% to settle at 210.60 and Hella KGaA Hueck & Co (ETR:HLE ) which was down 1.17% to 84.80 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G ) which rose 11.30% to 13.20, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG ) which was up 9.76% to settle at 9.33 and Energiekontor AG (ETR:EKTG ) which gained 8.13% to close at 43.90.

The worst performers were SAP SE (ETR:SAPG ) which was down 1.06% to 223.50 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:NEKG ) which lost 1.05% to settle at 98.85 and Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG ) which was down 0.50% to 119.20 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 399 to 246 and 31 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 5.86% to 16.05.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 2.88% or 78.70 to $2,658.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.78% or 1.98 to hit $69.26 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.56% or 1.91 to trade at $72.72 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 107.01.

Source: Investing.com