Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Beverages, Insurance and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.12%, while the MDAX index lost 0.28%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were RWE AG ST O.N. (DE:RWEG), which rose 3.39% or 0.380 points to trade at 11.575 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11) added 1.39% or 1.07 points to end at 78.21 and Siemens AG (DE:SIEGn) was up 0.87% or 1.000 points to 115.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which lost 1.85% or 0.235 points to trade at 12.495 in late trade. Allianz SE VNA O.N. (DE:ALVG) declined 1.40% or 2.200 points to end at 155.050 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) shed 1.23% or 0.200 points to 15.995.
The top performers on the MDAX were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which rose 10.46% to 48.950, Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was up 2.98% to settle at 35.210 and Airbus Group SE (F:AIRG) which gained 1.40% to close at 60.360.
The worst performers were Rheinmetall AG (DE:RHMG) which was down 4.88% to 63.550 in late trade, Bilfinger SE O.N. (DE:GBFG) which lost 3.05% to settle at 35.615 and Kion Group AG (DE:KGX) which was down 2.65% to 50.38 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (DE:EVTG) which rose 4.36% to 6.658, STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which was up 3.30% to settle at 44.935 and Slm Solution G (DE:AM3D) which gained 2.27% to close at 32.50.
The worst performers were Alix Resources Corp (F:37N2) which was down 9.38% to 0.029 in late trade, RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which lost 4.74% to settle at 12.650 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 2.28% to 8.697 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 442 to 332 and 22 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.77% to 16.63.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.25% or 2.90 to $1164.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.24% or 1.67 to hit $53.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 3.17% or 1.72 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.0627, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8376.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 101.08.