Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.49% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Frankfurt, the added 0.49%, while the index gained 0.11%, and the index fell 0.36%.

The best performers of the session on the were Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:), which rose 3.53% or 2.36 points to trade at 69.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Covestro AG (ETR:) added 3.40% or 0.99 points to end at 30.12 and Brenntag AG (ETR:) was up 2.83% or 1.82 points to 66.24 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:), which fell 2.84% or 11.00 points to trade at 376.20 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:) declined 2.53% or 0.64 points to end at 24.62 and Vonovia SE (ETR:) was down 1.97% or 0.48 points to 23.94.

The top performers on the MDAX were Rheinmetall AG (ETR:) which rose 3.67% to 149.70, Lanxess AG (ETR:) which was up 3.10% to settle at 33.64 and Befesa SA (ETR:) which gained 2.01% to close at 32.50.

The worst performers were Sixt SE (ETR:) which was down 6.47% to 90.30 in late trade, Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which lost 4.30% to settle at 42.26 and Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 2.52% to 19.70 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Jenoptik AG (ETR:) which rose 2.25% to 21.78, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:) which was up 2.06% to settle at 19.82 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which gained 1.91% to close at 52.18.

The worst performers were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 4.98% to 19.45 in late trade, Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) which lost 2.84% to settle at 376.20 and Suse SA (ETR:) which was down 2.59% to 18.43 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 347 to 329 and 82 ended unchanged.

Shares in Vonovia SE (ETR:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 1.97% or 0.48 to 23.94. Shares in Sixt SE (ETR:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.47% or 6.25 to 90.30. Shares in Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.52% or 0.51 to 19.70.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 2.46% to 26.94.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.30% or 5.05 to $1,678.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.45% or 0.38 to hit $85.14 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.40 to trade at $91.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.00, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.09% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 109.46.