Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Chemicals and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.82%, while the MDAX index fell 0.51%, and the TecDAX index fell 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Lufthansa AG VNA O.N. (DE:LHAG), which rose 0.60% or 0.125 points to trade at 20.860 at the close. Vonovia SE (DE:VNAn) added 0.14% or 0.05 points to end at 35.30 and Siemens AG Class N (DE:SIEGn) was down 0.18% or 0.20 points to 111.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which lost 3.18% or 0.830 points to trade at 25.265 in late trade. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE:DBKGn) declined 2.41% or 0.340 points to end at 13.760 and E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn) shed 2.28% or 0.219 points to 9.402.
The top performers on the MDAX were STADA Arzneimittel VNA O.N. (DE:STAGn) which rose 3.80% to 75.310, Alstria Office Reit-Ag (DE:AOXG) which was up 0.85% to settle at 12.435 and Metro AG (DE:MEOG) which gained 0.60% to close at 9.325.
The worst performers were Osram Licht AG (F:OSRn) which was down 2.10% to 68.940 in late trade, Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE:JUNG_p) which lost 1.63% to settle at 34.780 and Stroeer SE (DE:SAXG) which was down 1.48% to 55.940 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Software AG O.N. (DE:SOWG) which rose 1.96% to 36.375, Xing AG (DE:OBCGn) which was up 1.14% to settle at 253.75 and Siltronic AG (DE:WAFGn) which gained 0.97% to close at 83.000.
The worst performers were Adva Optical Networking SE (DE:ADAG) which was down 2.88% to 6.276 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 2.18% to settle at 86.910 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE:DLGS) which was down 1.96% to 37.200 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 540 to 228 and 25 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 3.94% to 17.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.41 to $1296.01 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.75% or 0.85 to hit $47.81 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.80% or 0.95 to trade at $51.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.45% to 1.1814, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.9157.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 93.02.