Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 1.53%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology , Industrials and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 1.53%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.90%, and the TecDAX index climbed 2.08%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn ), which rose 7.34% or 2.28 points to trade at 33.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p ) added 5.93% or 12.50 points to end at 223.30 and Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe ) was up 5.79% or 2.09 points to 38.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:SY1G ), which fell 1.76% or 1.77 points to trade at 99.08 at the close. Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn ) declined 1.60% or 0.47 points to end at 28.84 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG ) was down 1.49% or 9.20 points to 606.40.

The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG (ETR:SDFGn ) which rose 5.87% to 11.27, Traton SE (ETR:8TRA ) which was up 5.32% to settle at 29.70 and Lanxess AG (ETR:LXSG ) which gained 5.11% to close at 24.49.

The worst performers were AUTO1 Group SE (ETR:AG1G ) which was down 4.48% to 14.92 in late trade, Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:TEGG ) which lost 2.39% to settle at 13.86 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:LHAG ) which was down 1.96% to 5.92 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Elmos Semiconductor AG (ETR:ELGG ) which rose 9.81% to 75.00, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn ) which was up 7.34% to settle at 33.28 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p ) which gained 5.93% to close at 223.30.

The worst performers were Freenet AG NA (ETR:FNTGn ) which was down 1.64% to 27.62 in late trade, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn ) which lost 1.60% to settle at 28.84 and Qiagen NV (ETR:QIA ) which was down 0.95% to 43.10 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 403 to 215 and 39 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.67% to 15.50.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.13% or 3.39 to $2,651.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $74.09 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.18 to trade at $76.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.79% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 108.10.

Source: Investing.com