Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.16%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Retail, Utilities and Food&Beverages sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Software and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.16%, while the MDAX index gained 0.67%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.34%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Daimler Truck Holding AG (ETR:DTGGe), which rose 2.66% or 1.14 points to trade at 44.05 at the close. Meanwhile, RWE AG ST O.N. (ETR:RWEG) added 2.52% or 0.81 points to end at 33.00 and Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) was up 2.13% or 0.40 points to 19.17 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (ETR:DBKGn), which fell 8.46% or 1.40 points to trade at 15.13 at the close. Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p) declined 2.81% or 2.52 points to end at 87.28 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:CBKG) was down 2.59% or 0.37 points to 13.74.

The top performers on the MDAX were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:DHER) which rose 4.49% to 27.02, Aroundtown Property Holdings PLC (ETR:AT1) which was up 4.47% to settle at 2.05 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which gained 4.22% to close at 9.63.

The worst performers were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 4.16% to 21.87 in late trade, Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which lost 3.24% to settle at 65.65 and Siltronic AG (ETR:WAFGn) which was down 2.04% to 74.50 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which rose 4.22% to 9.63, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) which was up 3.92% to settle at 13.26 and Kontron AG (ETR:KTN) which gained 1.68% to close at 19.40.

The worst performers were Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 4.16% to 21.87 in late trade, Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:SMHNn) which lost 3.97% to settle at 46.00 and Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:MORG) which was down 3.24% to 65.65 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 369 to 235 and 38 ended unchanged.

Shares in Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:NDXG) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.92% or 0.50 to 13.26.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.21% to 14.40.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.23% or 5.30 to $2,352.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.09% or 0.91 to hit $82.94 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.77 to trade at $87.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 105.57.