Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.58% 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 0.58%, while the index gained 0.40%, and the index added 0.71%.

The best performers of the session on the were Beiersdorf AG O.N. (ETR:), which rose 1.91% or 2.10 points to trade at 112.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) added 1.87% or 8.20 points to end at 446.90 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:) was up 1.75% or 0.64 points to 37.14 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Covestro AG (ETR:), which fell 1.08% or 0.45 points to trade at 41.25 at the close. Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) declined 0.85% or 0.44 points to end at 51.34 and Continental AG O.N. (ETR:) was down 0.84% or 0.58 points to 68.10.

The top performers on the MDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 2.79% to 51.54, Software AG (ETR:) which was up 2.59% to settle at 19.80 and Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:) which gained 2.44% to close at 48.70.

The worst performers were Siltronic AG (ETR:) which was down 5.93% to 77.80 in late trade, Befesa SA (ETR:) which lost 3.60% to settle at 47.68 and Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which was down 2.80% to 44.13 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 2.79% to 51.54, Software AG (ETR:) which was up 2.59% to settle at 19.80 and Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:) which gained 2.44% to close at 48.70.

The worst performers were Siltronic AG (ETR:) which was down 5.93% to 77.80 in late trade, United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which lost 1.23% to settle at 19.28 and Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:) which was down 0.85% to 51.34 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 410 to 264 and 87 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.36% to 19.88.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.67% or 12.65 to $1,861.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.74% or 0.59 to hit $80.31 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.25 to trade at $86.64 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 103.28.