Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.33%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction, Software and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.33%, while the MDAX index fell 0.54%, and the TecDAX index fell 1.21%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Bayer AG NA (ETR:BAYGN), which rose 1.58% or 0.90 points to trade at 57.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Mercedes Benz Group AG (ETR:MBGn) added 1.39% or 0.76 points to end at 55.45 and Merck KGaA (ETR:MRCG) was up 1.29% or 2.30 points to 180.35 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p), which fell 4.59% or 19.20 points to trade at 399.30 at the close. Vonovia SE (ETR:VNAn) declined 3.38% or 1.08 points to end at 30.84 and Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG) was down 3.16% or 0.94 points to 28.82.

The top performers on the MDAX were Bechtle AG (ETR:BC8G) which rose 4.79% to 42.00, Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which was up 2.59% to settle at 44.79 and Vantage Towers AG (ETR:VTWRn) which gained 0.98% to close at 28.78.

The worst performers were Uniper SE (ETR:UN01) which was down 12.39% to 6.54 in late trade, Gerresheimer AG (ETR:GXIG) which lost 3.67% to settle at 57.80 and Wacker Chemie O.N. (ETR:WCHG) which was down 3.38% to 135.85 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Bechtle AG (ETR:BC8G) which rose 4.79% to 42.00, Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:VBKG) which was up 2.25% to settle at 54.45 and Vantage Towers AG (ETR:VTWRn) which gained 0.98% to close at 28.78.

The worst performers were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which was down 4.59% to 399.30 in late trade, Nagarro SE (ETR:NA9n) which lost 4.33% to settle at 110.60 and Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which was down 3.38% to 20.85 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 356 to 328 and 81 ended unchanged.

Shares in Uniper SE (ETR:UN01) fell to all time lows; down 12.39% or 0.93 to 6.54.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.00% to 26.50.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.59% or 10.20 to $1,717.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.96% or 1.86 to hit $96.56 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.66% or 1.63 to trade at $100.01 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.02, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 106.31.