Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.59%

© Reuters. Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.59%

AiVIF.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retail, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX rose 0.59%, while the MDAX index lost 0.81%, and the TecDAX index lost 1.93%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE:DAIGn), which rose 4.07% or 2.810 points to trade at 71.830 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (DE:CONG) added 3.64% or 3.93 points to end at 111.87 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (DE:BMWG) was up 3.25% or 2.570 points to 81.565 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Delivery Hero AG (DE:DHER), which fell 1.83% or 2.40 points to trade at 129.00 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (DE:DB1Gn) declined 0.93% or 1.330 points to end at 141.950 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) was down 0.93% or 0.348 points to 37.090.

The top performers on the MDAX were K&S AG (DE:SDFGn) which rose 3.08% to 12.560, Hochtief AG (DE:HOTG) which was up 3.04% to settle at 70.40 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG) which gained 2.90% to close at 9.440.

The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 4.59% to 565.000 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 4.43% to settle at 28.49 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was down 4.03% to 45.105 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Deutsche Telekom AG Na (DE:DTEGn) which rose 0.86% to 17.510, Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (DE:O2Dn) which was up 0.75% to settle at 2.423 and Freenet AG NA (DE:FNTGn) which gained 0.39% to close at 21.985.

The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which was down 4.59% to 565.000 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (DE:TMV) which lost 4.43% to settle at 28.49 and Qiagen NV (DE:QIA) which was down 4.03% to 45.105 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 369 to 326 and 76 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.30% to 21.31.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.20% or 3.65 to $1795.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.99% or 0.69 to hit $70.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.52 to trade at $73.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1809, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8530.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 92.602.