Germany shares lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.39%

Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Media , Financial Services and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.39%, while the MDAX index fell 0.42%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.35%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Henkel & Co KGaA AG Pref (DE: HNKG_p ), which rose 2.49% or 2.20 points to trade at 90.72 at the close. Deutsche Post AG NA O.N. (DE: DPWGn ) added 0.90% or 0.270 points to end at 30.180 and Volkswagen AG VZO O.N. (DE: VOWG_p ) was up 0.38% or 0.56 points to 149.32 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE: TKAG ), which lost 1.94% or 0.255 points to trade at 12.895 in late trade. Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE: DBKGn ) declined 1.91% or 0.143 points to end at 7.349 and Vonovia SE (DE: VNAn ) shed 1.31% or 0.60 points to 45.33.

The top performers on the MDAX were Rocket Internet (DE: RKET ) which rose 2.54% to 23.38, Airbus Group SE (DE: AIRG ) which was up 1.92% to settle at 120.94 and Knorr-Bremse AG (DE: KBX ) which gained 1.45% to close at 94.15.

The worst performers were Prosiebensat 1 Media AG (DE: PSMGn ) which was down 3.92% to 13.7150 in late trade, Drillisch AG (DE: DRIG ) which lost 3.52% to settle at 32.880 and United Internet AG NA (DE: UTDI ) which was down 3.26% to 34.180 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Dialog Semiconductor (DE: DLGS ) which rose 2.32% to 30.4500, S&T AG (DE: SANT1 ) which was up 0.94% to settle at 23.58 and Nordex SE O.N. (DE: NDXG ) which gained 0.93% to close at 15.220.

The worst performers were Medigene NA O.N. (DE: MDG1k ) which was down 5.38% to 9.935 in late trade, Drillisch AG (DE: DRIG ) which lost 3.52% to settle at 32.880 and United Internet AG NA (DE: UTDI ) which was down 3.26% to 34.180 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 419 to 285 and 78 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 6.08% to 14.82.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.48% or 6.25 to $1301.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.19% or 1.38 to hit $64.46 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.76 to trade at $71.10 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1262, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8619.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 96.632.