Germany shares higher at close of trade; DAX up 0.99%

Investing.com – Germany equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology , Media and Software sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.99% to hit a new 6-month high, while the MDAX index climbed 0.61%, and the TecDAX index climbed 1.46%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE: IFXGn ), which rose 4.18% or 0.650 points to trade at 16.200 at the close. Wirecard AG (DE: WDIG ) added 3.24% or 4.800 points to end at 152.850 and Deutsche Boerse AG (DE: DB1Gn ) was up 2.81% or 3.500 points to 127.900 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Continental AG O.N. (DE: CONG ), which lost 0.69% or 0.88 points to trade at 127.34 in late trade. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE: LHAG ) declined 0.60% or 0.090 points to end at 14.980 and Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE: DBKGn ) shed 0.37% or 0.025 points to 6.755.

The top performers on the MDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE: NEKG ) which rose 5.85% to 56.050, Dialog Semiconductor (DE: DLGS ) which was up 4.06% to settle at 36.900 and Duerr AG (DE: DUEG ) which gained 3.97% to close at 31.160.

The worst performers were Rocket Internet (DE: RKET ) which was down 2.92% to 24.62 in late trade, Leoni AG (DE: LEOGn ) which lost 2.34% to settle at 14.195 and Stroeer SE (DE: SAXG ) which was down 1.89% to 64.800 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Nemetschek AG O.N. (DE: NEKG ) which rose 5.85% to 56.050, Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE: IFXGn ) which was up 4.18% to settle at 16.200 and Dialog Semiconductor (DE: DLGS ) which gained 4.06% to close at 36.9000.

The worst performers were SLM Solutions Group AG (DE: AM3D ) which was down 4.57% to 12.12 in late trade, Medigene NA O.N. (DE: MDG1k ) which lost 1.41% to settle at 7.320 and Xing AG (DE: OBCGn ) which was down 1.20% to 371.00 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 476 to 215 and 62 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was down 7.83% to 13.54 a new 1-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.71% or 24.15 to $1389.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $58.45 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.18 to trade at $64.56 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1291, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8933.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.72% at 96.357.