Germany stocks mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.18%

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 lost 0.18%, while the index added 0.21%, and the index lost 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the were Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:), which rose 2.76% or 2.25 points to trade at 83.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Continental AG O.N. (ETR:) added 1.94% or 1.18 points to end at 62.06 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR:) was up 1.54% or 1.80 points to 118.75 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:), which fell 2.43% or 4.55 points to trade at 182.90 at the close. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:) declined 2.16% or 0.82 points to end at 37.18 and Zalando SE (ETR:) was down 1.94% or 0.49 points to 24.75.

The top performers on the MDAX were United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which rose 6.65% to 24.38, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was up 4.73% to settle at 9.97 and Aurubis AG (ETR:) which gained 3.30% to close at 73.65.

The worst performers were Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:) which was down 2.91% to 120.10 in late trade, Stabilus (ETR:) which lost 2.45% to settle at 55.70 and Gerresheimer AG (ETR:) which was down 2.19% to 98.20 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were United Internet AG NA (ETR:) which rose 6.65% to 24.38, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:) which was up 4.73% to settle at 9.97 and 11 AG (ETR:) which gained 4.64% to close at 17.60.

The worst performers were Suess Microtec NA O.N. (ETR:) which was down 4.79% to 47.70 in late trade, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (ETR:) which lost 2.16% to settle at 37.18 and Jenoptik AG (ETR:) which was down 1.97% to 26.86 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 325 to 288 and 42 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.64.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.34% or 31.80 to $2,343.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.83% or 0.65 to hit $78.91 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.43 to trade at $83.22 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 105.04.