Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.46% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Germany stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the added 0.46%, while the index added 0.76%, and the index gained 1.43%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:), which rose 4.83% or 19.40 points to trade at 420.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Vonovia SE (ETR:) added 2.92% or 0.76 points to end at 26.75 and Merck KGaA (ETR:) was up 2.83% or 5.30 points to 192.70 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Symrise AG Inh. O.N. (ETR:), which fell 5.68% or 5.96 points to trade at 99.04 at the close. Hannover Rueck SE (ETR:) declined 1.93% or 3.65 points to end at 185.05 and Munich Reinsurance (ETR:) was down 1.81% or 6.00 points to 325.70.

The top performers on the MDAX were Aixtron SE (ETR:) which rose 3.71% to 30.47, Siltronic AG (ETR:) which was up 3.62% to settle at 78.75 and Tag Immobilien AG (ETR:) which gained 3.60% to close at 8.21.

The worst performers were Fuchs Petrolub AG VZO Pref (ETR:) which was down 0.96% to 37.12 in late trade, Talanx AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which lost 0.82% to settle at 45.96 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR:) which was down 0.71% to 222.40 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which rose 4.83% to 420.80, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:) which was up 3.93% to settle at 42.28 and Aixtron SE (ETR:) which gained 3.71% to close at 30.47.

The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 0.55% to 18.22 in late trade, Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which lost 0.51% to settle at 50.48 and United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which was down 0.41% to 21.96 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 459 to 208 and 93 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.14% to 18.27.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $1,928.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.89% or 0.73 to hit $82.37 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 1.10 to trade at $88.73 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.33% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 101.83.