Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Construction and Transportation & Logistics sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.53% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.58%, and the TecDAX index gained 1.50%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (XETRA:DBKGn), which rose 1.56% or 0.475 points to trade at 30.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (XETRA:CONG) added 1.55% or 3.350 points to end at 218.850 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (XETRA:TKAG) was up 1.34% or 0.330 points to 24.915 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse NA O.N. (XETRA:DB1Gn), which fell 0.84% or 0.730 points to trade at 86.540 at the close. Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (XETRA:VOWG_p) declined 0.83% or 1.650 points to end at 198.350 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (XETRA:IFXGn) was down 0.79% or 0.090 points to 11.275.
The top performers on the MDAX were Osram Licht (XETRA:OSRn) which rose 5.59% to 49.000, Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (XETRA:SY1G) which was up 2.58% to settle at 61.600 and Wincor Nixdorf O.N. (XETRA:WING) which gained 2.37% to close at 39.570.
The worst performers were Suedzucker Mannheim Ochsenfurt AG (XETRA:SZUG) which was down 1.62% to 15.815 in late trade, Deutsche Wohnen AG Inh (XETRA:DWNG) which lost 0.65% to settle at 23.655 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (XETRA:WCHG) which was down 0.50% to 92.220 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Nordex SE O.N. (XETRA:NDXG) which rose 5.83% to 26.070, Kontron AG O.N. (XETRA:KBCG) which was up 3.47% to settle at 3.612 and Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) which gained 3.45% to close at 10.245.
The worst performers were SMA Solar Technology AG (XETRA:S92G) which was down 3.56% to 30.060 in late trade, LPKF Laser & Electronics (XETRA:LPKG) which lost 3.18% to settle at 8.660 and Stratec Biomedical (XETRA:SBSG) which was down 1.58% to 53.540 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 513 to 249 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (XETRA:SY1G) rose to all time highs; rising 2.58% or 1.550 to 61.600. Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (XETRA:NDXG) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.83% or 1.435 to 26.070. Shares in Adva Optical Networking SE (XETRA:ADAG) rose to all time highs; rising 3.45% or 0.342 to 10.245.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 3.56% to 17.33 a new 3-months low.
Gold for August delivery was down 2.02% or 22.90 to $1109.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.02% or 0.52 to hit $50.69 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.76% or 0.43 to trade at $56.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.0854, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.6961.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 97.97.