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Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the DAX Food & Beverage, DAX Utilities and DAX Industrial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX added 0.58% to hit a new all time high, while the MDAX index gained 0.59%, and the TecDAX index climbed 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which rose 3.55% or 2.68 points to trade at 78.14 at the close. Muench. Rueckvers. VNA O.N. (ETR:MUVGn) added 1.76% or 10.00 points to end at 577.20 and Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) was up 1.71% or 29.50 points to 1,752.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (ETR:VOWG_p), which fell 5.20% or 5.35 points to trade at 97.50 in late trade. Porsche Automobil Holding SE (ETR:PSHG_p) declined 1.58% or 0.60 points to end at 37.29 and Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p) down 1.21% or 0.56 points to 45.67.
The top performers on the MDAX were RENK Group AG (ETR:R3NK) which rose 3.86% to 62.19, AUTO1 Group SE (ETR:AG1G) which was up 2.93% to settle at 24.60 and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ETR:LHAG) which gained 2.61% to close at 6.69.
The worst performers were Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which was down 2.61% to 7.01 in late trade, Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which lost 2.35% to settle at 12.44 and Carl Zeiss Meditec AG (ETR:AFXG) which was down 1.69% to 61.00 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were IONOS Group SE (ETR:IOSn) which rose 2.69% to 36.30, Hensoldt Ag (ETR:HAGG) which was up 2.60% to settle at 75.00 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (ETR:DRWG_p) which gained 1.73% to close at 64.80.
The worst performers were SUSS MicroTec SE (ETR:SMHNn) which was down 3.12% to 38.50 in late trade, Evotec AG O.N. (ETR:EVTG) which lost 2.61% to settle at 7.01 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 2.35% to 12.44 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 335 to 281 and 29 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Shares in Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n) rose to all time highs; up 3.55% or 2.68 to 78.14. Shares in Rheinmetall AG (ETR:RHMG) rose to all time highs; rising 1.71% or 29.50 to 1,752.50. Shares in RENK Group AG (ETR:R3NK) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.86% or 2.31 to 62.19. Shares in AUTO1 Group SE (ETR:AG1G) rose to 3-year highs; up 2.93% or 0.70 to 24.60.
The DAX New Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 0.90% to 18.01.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.39% or 44.45 to $3,231.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.98% or 0.61 to hit $62.58 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.51 to trade at $65.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.62% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 100.29.