Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction , Utilities and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.45%, while the MDAX index lost 1.28%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR: ENR1n ), which rose 4.54% or 2.22 points to trade at 51.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR: CBKG ) added 2.09% or 0.32 points to end at 15.42 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHMG ) was up 1.27% or 7.80 points to 623.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vonovia SE (ETR: VNAn ), which fell 4.12% or 1.28 points to trade at 29.76 at the close. Mercedes Benz Group AG (ETR: MBGn ) declined 3.86% or 2.18 points to end at 54.35 and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR: BMWG ) was down 3.17% or 2.54 points to 77.62.
The top performers on the MDAX were Gerresheimer AG (ETR: GXIG ) which rose 3.42% to 78.55, Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR: FMEG ) which was up 1.11% to settle at 45.60 and Scout24 AG (ETR: G24n ) which gained 0.92% to close at 87.75.
The worst performers were Traton SE (ETR: 8TRA ) which was down 7.57% to 28.70 in late trade, Delivery Hero AG (ETR: DHER ) which lost 6.29% to settle at 29.64 and Lanxess AG (ETR: LXSG ) which was down 5.17% to 24.21 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR: EVTG ) which rose 6.34% to 8.80, TeamViewer AG (ETR: TMV ) which was up 0.89% to settle at 10.17 and Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR: DTEGn ) which gained 0.67% to close at 30.00.
The worst performers were Nagarro SE (ETR: NA9n ) which was down 9.78% to 83.95 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR: S92G ) which lost 4.25% to settle at 13.51 and Energiekontor AG (ETR: EKTG ) which was down 2.91% to 46.65 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 447 to 209 and 26 ended unchanged.
The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.99% to 13.13.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.20% or 5.31 to $2,670.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.57% or 1.12 to hit $70.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.68 to trade at $73.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.47% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.57.