Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.12%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction, Technology and Pharmaceuticals&Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.12%, while the MDAX index declined 0.28%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.48%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Continental AG O.N. (ETR:CONG), which rose 3.47% or 2.58 points to trade at 76.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) added 3.45% or 0.66 points to end at 19.66 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) was up 3.03% or 9.60 points to 326.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN), which fell 4.86% or 1.57 points to trade at 30.75 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:IFXGn) declined 2.40% or 0.82 points to end at 33.52 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) was down 1.75% or 5.80 points to 326.00.

The top performers on the MDAX were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which rose 3.78% to 27.44, LEG Immobilien AG (ETR:LEGn) which was up 2.55% to settle at 76.28 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which gained 2.10% to close at 100.55.

The worst performers were Hochtief AG (ETR:HOTG) which was down 9.05% to 99.50 in late trade, Siltronic AG (ETR:WAFGn) which lost 4.52% to settle at 87.65 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which was down 3.71% to 22.59 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which rose 3.78% to 27.44, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was up 2.10% to settle at 100.55 and Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:VBKG) which gained 1.38% to close at 19.81.

The worst performers were Siltronic AG (ETR:WAFGn) which was down 4.52% to 87.65 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which lost 4.01% to settle at 39.23 and Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which was down 3.97% to 88.25 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 313 to 293 and 40 ended unchanged.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.59% to 13.48.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.44% or 9.05 to $2,045.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.12% or 0.87 to hit $77.14 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.82 to trade at $82.13 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 103.52.