Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.45%

Investing.com – Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Food&Beverages, Retail and Industrials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Financial Services and Consumer&Cyclical sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.45%, while the MDAX index declined 0.46%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the DAX were Zalando SE (ETR:ZALG), which rose 5.09% or 1.59 points to trade at 32.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) added 2.65% or 9.30 points to end at 360.10 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (ETR:BEIG) was up 1.42% or 1.50 points to 107.45 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE&Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:FREG), which fell 2.44% or 0.65 points to trade at 26.02 at the close. Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) declined 2.15% or 3.70 points to end at 168.45 and BASF SE NA O.N. (ETR:BASFN) was down 2.14% or 1.02 points to 46.70.

The top performers on the MDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which rose 5.01% to 127.75, Stabilus (ETR:STM1) which was up 3.51% to settle at 63.40 and Befesa SA (ETR:BFSA) which gained 2.84% to close at 42.80.

The worst performers were Varta AG (ETR:VAR1) which was down 3.99% to 28.15 in late trade, K&S AG (ETR:SDFGn) which lost 3.24% to settle at 18.96 and Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:TEGG) which was down 3.11% to 5.77 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which rose 5.01% to 127.75, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:SATG_p) which was up 2.65% to settle at 360.10 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which gained 1.99% to close at 31.27.

The worst performers were Varta AG (ETR:VAR1) which was down 3.99% to 28.15 in late trade, TeamViewer AG (ETR:TMV) which lost 2.84% to settle at 12.48 and SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:S92G) which was down 1.97% to 67.10 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 446 to 239 and 75 ended unchanged.

Shares in Beiersdorf AG O.N. (ETR:BEIG) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.42% or 1.50 to 107.45.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.45% to 22.82.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.00% or 18.05 to $1,792.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.28% or 2.33 to hit $73.35 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.58% or 1.96 to trade at $78.06 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 104.74.