Germany shares mixed at close of trade; DAX down 0.53%

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

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX lost 0.53%, while the MDAX index declined 0.12%, and the TecDAX index gained 0.27%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were Merck KGaA (DE: MRCG ), which rose 1.26% or 1.16 points to trade at 92.90 at the close. Bayer AG NA (DE: BAYGN ) added 0.95% or 0.52 points to end at 55.34 and Beiersdorf AG O.N. (DE: BEIG ) was up 0.38% or 0.400 points to 107.000 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Daimler AG NA O.N. (DE: DAIGn ), which lost 3.75% or 1.860 points to trade at 47.760 in late trade. RWE AG ST O.N. (DE: RWEG ) declined 3.26% or 0.740 points to end at 21.990 and Fresenius Medical Care KGAA ST (DE: FMEG ) shed 3.20% or 2.260 points to 68.260.

The top performers on the MDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE: MORG ) which rose 5.94% to 91.9000, Drillisch AG (DE: DRIG ) which was up 2.64% to settle at 28.780 and Metro Wholesale & Food Specialist AG (DE: B4B ) which gained 2.57% to close at 15.9450.

The worst performers were Duerr AG (DE: DUEG ) which was down 4.96% to 31.020 in late trade, Norma Group AG NA O.N. (DE: NOEJ ) which lost 2.79% to settle at 35.500 and Jungheinrich AG O.N.VZO (DE: JUNG_p ) which was down 2.43% to 25.740 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (DE: MORG ) which rose 5.91% to 91.875, Drillisch AG (DE: DRIG ) which was up 2.64% to settle at 28.780 and Siltronic AG (DE: WAFGn ) which gained 1.74% to close at 59.720.

The worst performers were United Internet AG NA (DE: UTDI ) which was down 1.82% to 28.620 in late trade, Jenoptik AG (DE: JENGn ) which lost 1.25% to settle at 27.750 and Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE: DRWG_p ) which was down 1.16% to 55.450 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 451 to 260 and 67 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 4.92% to 15.13.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.33% or 18.65 to $1418.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.17% or 0.10 to hit $57.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.65 to trade at $63.80 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1388, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8942.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 95.578.