Germany shares mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.25%

Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Resources , Telecoms and Food & Beverages sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology , Consumer & Cyclical and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX fell 0.25%, while the MDAX index climbed 0.28%, and the TecDAX index lost 0.17%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Deutsche Bank AG NA O.N. (DE: DBKGn ), which rose 4.15% or 0.324 points to trade at 8.140 at the close. Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE: TKAG ) added 2.83% or 0.355 points to end at 12.915 and Wirecard AG (DE: WDIG ) was up 2.19% or 2.300 points to 107.300 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Covestro AG (DE: 1COV ), which lost 3.37% or 1.650 points to trade at 47.380 in late trade. Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE: IFXGn ) declined 2.58% or 0.510 points to end at 19.285 and Adidas AG (DE: ADSGN ) shed 2.35% or 5.00 points to 207.40.

The top performers on the MDAX were Commerzbank AG O.N. (DE: CBKG ) which rose 7.21% to 7.662, Talanx AG NA O.N. (DE: TLXGn ) which was up 2.74% to settle at 35.200 and Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE: B4B ) which gained 2.27% to close at 14.6250.

The worst performers were Leoni AG (DE: LEOGn ) which was down 19.69% to 17.740 in late trade, Software AG (DE: SOWGn ) which lost 4.53% to settle at 31.220 and Morphosys AG O.N. (DE: MORG ) which was down 2.56% to 83.7000 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE: RIB ) which rose 6.16% to 13.620, Nordex SE O.N. (DE: NDXG ) which was up 5.59% to settle at 12.945 and Wirecard AG (DE: WDIG ) which gained 2.19% to close at 107.300.

The worst performers were Software AG (DE: SOWGn ) which was down 4.53% to 31.220 in late trade, Isra Vision O.N. (DE: ISRG ) which lost 2.96% to settle at 34.45 and CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (DE: COPMa ) which was down 2.91% to 51.750 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 369 to 330 and 84 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 1.86% to 13.66.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1302.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.87% or 0.51 to hit $59.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.39 to trade at $67.55 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1328, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8562.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.058.