Germany stocks higher at close of trade; DAX up 1.25% 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 1.25% to hit a new 6-months high, while the index climbed 2.19%, and the index climbed 2.11%.

The best performers of the session on the were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:), which rose 5.84% or 21.20 points to trade at 384.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:) added 4.28% or 4.10 points to end at 99.85 and Vonovia SE (ETR:) was up 3.64% or 0.89 points to 25.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (ETR:), which fell 1.62% or 0.53 points to trade at 32.17 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:) declined 1.15% or 0.33 points to end at 28.30 and E.ON SE (ETR:) was down 0.89% or 0.09 points to 9.79.

The top performers on the MDAX were Befesa SA (ETR:) which rose 6.59% to 49.80, Knorr-Bremse AG (ETR:) which was up 6.55% to settle at 60.82 and Siltronic AG (ETR:) which gained 5.72% to close at 75.75.

The worst performers were Lanxess AG (ETR:) which was down 1.21% to 43.94 in late trade, Talanx AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which lost 0.39% to settle at 45.62 and Vantage Towers AG (ETR:) which was down 0.31% to 32.14 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which rose 5.84% to 384.10, Siltronic AG (ETR:) which was up 5.72% to settle at 75.75 and SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:) which gained 4.98% to close at 68.50.

The worst performers were Qiagen NV (ETR:) which was down 0.62% to 46.61 in late trade, Vantage Towers AG (ETR:) which lost 0.31% to settle at 32.14 and United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which was down 0.29% to 20.49 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 475 to 216 and 70 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 0.27% to 18.47 a new 6-months low.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 5.35 to $1,875.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.01% or 1.48 to hit $75.25 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.68% or 1.32 to trade at $79.89 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 1.00% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.84% at 102.78.