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

Published 30-04-2018, 09:45 pm
© Reuters.  Germany shares mixed at close of trade; DAX up 0.25%
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Investing.com – Germany equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Food & Beverages and Retail sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Frankfurt, the DAX gained 0.25% to hit a new 1-month high, while the MDAX index added 0.42%, and the TecDAX index declined 0.01%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the DAX were E.ON SE NA (DE:EONGn), which rose 2.04% or 0.181 points to trade at 9.072 at the close. Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (DE:FREG) added 1.54% or 0.960 points to end at 63.340 and Bayer AG NA (DE:BAYGN) was up 1.17% or 1.15 points to 99.28 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (DE:TKAG), which lost 2.26% or 0.500 points to trade at 21.600 in late trade. Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DE:LHAG) declined 1.59% or 0.390 points to end at 24.170 and Infineon Technologies AG NA O.N. (DE:IFXGn) shed 1.25% or 0.270 points to 21.280.

The top performers on the MDAX were K+S AG NA O.N. (DE:SDFGn) which rose 2.61% to 24.410, CTS Eventim AG (DE:EVDG) which was up 1.94% to settle at 38.840 and Uniper SE (DE:UN01) which gained 1.78% to close at 25.670.

The worst performers were Salzgitter AG (DE:SZGG) which was down 1.75% to 45.570 in late trade, Fielmann AG (DE:FIEG) which lost 1.38% to settle at 68.100 and Gerresheimer AG (DE:GXIG) which was down 1.24% to 67.600 at the close.

The top performers on the TecDAX were RIB Software AG Na (DE:RIB) which rose 6.70% to 21.980, SLM Solutions Group AG (DE:AM3D) which was up 3.88% to settle at 33.50 and Sartorius AG VZO O.N. (DE:SATG_p) which gained 2.24% to close at 127.800.

The worst performers were Aixtron SE (DE:AIXGn) which was down 8.48% to 11.852 in late trade, Draegerwerk VZO O.N. (DE:DRWG_p) which lost 4.52% to settle at 61.200 and Medigene NA O.N. (DE:MDG1k) which was down 3.02% to 13.470 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 412 to 277 and 85 ended unchanged on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

The DAX volatility index, which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 2.29% to 15.68.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.45% or 5.90 to $1317.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.38% or 0.26 to hit $68.36 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.76 to trade at $74.55 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.2078, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8788.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 91.63.

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