Investing.com – Germany equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the DAX Software, DAX Technology and DAX Industrial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 1.75%, while the MDAX index declined 1.77%, and the TecDAX index fell 2.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG Preferred (ETR:P911_p), which rose 5.01% or 2.76 points to trade at 57.88 at the close. Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (ETR:BMWG) added 2.44% or 2.04 points to end at 85.66 and Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) was up 2.29% or 5.90 points to 263.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Siemens Energy AG (ETR:ENR1n), which fell 9.16% or 5.10 points to trade at 50.56 in late trade. MTU Aero Engines NA O.N. (ETR:MTXGn) declined 6.29% or 20.70 points to end at 308.30 and SAP SE (ETR:SAPG) down 4.78% or 12.15 points to 242.20.
The top performers on the MDAX were Puma SE (ETR:PUMG) which rose 2.77% to 30.02, K+S AG (ETR:SDFGn) which was up 2.51% to settle at 14.10 and Redcare Pharmacy NV (ETR:RDC) which gained 1.58% to close at 122.00.
The worst performers were Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:TKAG) which was down 5.89% to 8.57 in late trade, AUTO1 Group SE (ETR:AG1G) which lost 5.29% to settle at 21.14 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 4.67% to 11.93 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Atoss Software AG (ETR:AOFG) which rose 2.54% to 121.00, Deutsche Telekom AG Na (ETR:DTEGn) which was up 1.26% to settle at 34.50 and United Internet AG NA (ETR:UTDI) which gained 0.32% to close at 18.96.
The worst performers were Eckert & Ziegler AG O.N. (ETR:EUZG) which was down 6.06% to 54.25 in late trade, SAP SE (ETR:SAPG) which lost 4.78% to settle at 242.20 and Aixtron SE (ETR:AIXGn) which was down 4.67% to 11.93 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 396 to 238 and 25 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Shares in Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1Gn) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.29% or 5.90 to 263.20.
The DAX New Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.83% to 22.81 a new 6-month high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.46% or 13.55 to $2,900.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.04% or 0.70 to hit $66.34 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.78 to trade at $69.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.88.