Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the fell 0.47%, while the index declined 0.27%, and the index declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the were Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:), which rose 1.78% or 1.16 points to trade at 66.16 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:) added 1.58% or 0.47 points to end at 30.21 and Qiagen NV (ETR:) was up 1.11% or 0.44 points to 40.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:), which fell 2.09% or 0.71 points to trade at 33.23 at the close. Rheinmetall AG (ETR:) declined 2.03% or 9.70 points to end at 468.30 and Vonovia SE (ETR:) was down 1.82% or 0.55 points to 29.61.
The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG (ETR:) which rose 7.88% to 12.11, Aurubis AG (ETR:) which was up 4.02% to settle at 75.05 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which gained 3.09% to close at 13.66.
The worst performers were Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (ETR:) which was down 3.55% to 23.90 in late trade, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which lost 2.94% to settle at 30.36 and Kion Group AG (ETR:) which was down 2.88% to 35.37 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 13.37% to 8.10, SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:) which was up 3.20% to settle at 54.80 and Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which gained 3.09% to close at 13.66.
The worst performers were Energiekontor AG (ETR:) which was down 3.68% to 47.05 in late trade, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which lost 2.94% to settle at 30.36 and Nagarro SE (ETR:) which was down 2.30% to 87.15 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 405 to 221 and 27 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (ETR:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.55% or 0.88 to 23.90. Shares in Energiekontor AG (ETR:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.68% or 1.80 to 47.05.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.53% to 19.23.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.25% or 6.75 to $2,742.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.49% or 1.73 to hit $71.22 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.28% or 1.67 to trade at $74.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 103.79.
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