Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food & Beverages, Basic Resources and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.46%, while the MDAX index gained 0.72%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 2.22% or 0.183 points to trade at 8.426 at the close. Linde AG O.N. (DE:LING) added 2.02% or 3.35 points to end at 169.05 and Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) was up 1.43% or 2.70 points to 191.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE:PSMGn), which lost 0.88% or 0.300 points to trade at 33.945 in late trade. Adidas AG (DE:ADSGN) declined 0.65% or 1.15 points to end at 175.05 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) shed 0.60% or 0.100 points to 16.580.
The top performers on the MDAX were Aurubis AG (DE:NAFG) which rose 2.86% to 71.950, MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (DE:MTXGn) which was up 2.59% to settle at 128.55 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 2.48% to close at 16.910.
The worst performers were Axel Springer SE (DE:SPRGn) which was down 1.31% to 51.170 in late trade, Leoni AG (DE:LEOGn) which lost 1.09% to settle at 45.230 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (DE:WCHG) which was down 0.80% to 94.00 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which rose 4.91% to 78.000, Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was up 4.52% to settle at 6.914 and Wirecard AG (DE:WDIG) which gained 2.33% to close at 62.360.
The worst performers were GFT Technologies AG (DE:GFTG) which was down 10.65% to 16.400 in late trade, Cancom SE O.N. (DE:COKG) which lost 2.43% to settle at 52.100 and S&T AG (F:SANT1) which was down 0.90% to 13.775 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 481 to 285 and 24 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 4.12% to 14.10.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.20% or 2.36 to $1212.06 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.68% or 0.30 to hit $44.53 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.32 to trade at $47.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1399, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 95.82.