Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 1.63%, while the MDAX index gained 0.77%, and the TecDAX index added 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Bay.Motoren Werke AG ST (DE:BMWG), which rose 3.23% or 2.580 points to trade at 82.400 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) added 3.08% or 0.655 points to end at 21.935 and Siemens AG (DE:SIEGn) was up 3.02% or 3.200 points to 109.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Deutsche Boerse AG Z.UMT. (DE:DB11), which lost 1.22% or 0.91 points to trade at 73.75 in late trade. Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn) declined 0.82% or 0.265 points to end at 32.155 and Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) shed 0.59% or 0.17 points to 29.32.
The top performers on the MDAX were Covestro AG (DE:1COV) which rose 4.80% to 62.410, Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was up 4.00% to settle at 85.050 and Duerr AG (DE:DUEG) which gained 2.92% to close at 76.100.
The worst performers were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (DE:SY1G) which was down 2.77% to 54.790 in late trade, LEG Immobilien AG (DE:LEGn) which lost 2.06% to settle at 68.070 and Krones AG O.N. (DE:KRNG) which was down 1.35% to 83.140 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 6.10% to 40.500, SMA Solar Technology AG (DE:S92G) which was up 4.73% to settle at 22.715 and Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which gained 3.51% to close at 7.082.
The worst performers were Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was down 1.35% to 174.900 in late trade, STRATEC Biomedical AG (DE:SBSG) which lost 1.19% to settle at 42.490 and Drillisch AG (DE:DRIG) which was down 0.56% to 35.570 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 603 to 304 and 25 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 13.50% to 17.86 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.80% or 9.45 to $1168.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.50% or 0.26 to hit $51.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.48 to trade at $54.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.66% to 1.0733, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.8448.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 100.41.