© Reuters. Germany stocks lower at close of trade; DAX down 0.49%
Investing.com – Germany stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Frankfurt, the declined 0.49%, while the index lost 1.18%, and the index declined 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the were Continental AG O.N. (ETR:), which rose 1.15% or 0.84 points to trade at 73.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Munich Reinsurance (ETR:) added 0.92% or 3.50 points to end at 385.00 and Commerzbank AG O.N. (ETR:) was up 0.79% or 0.09 points to 11.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresenius SE & Co KGAA O.N. (ETR:), which fell 3.34% or 0.93 points to trade at 26.95 at the close. Beiersdorf AG O.N. (ETR:) declined 2.82% or 3.90 points to end at 134.25 and Zalando SE (ETR:) was down 2.77% or 0.51 points to 17.74.
The top performers on the MDAX were Lanxess AG (ETR:) which rose 2.27% to 26.55, Nordex SE O.N. (ETR:) which was up 2.04% to settle at 10.26 and Stabilus (ETR:) which gained 1.59% to close at 64.00.
The worst performers were Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) which was down 6.89% to 22.15 in late trade, HelloFresh SE (ETR:) which lost 4.20% to settle at 12.53 and Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 4.18% to 5.87 at the close.
The top performers on the TecDAX were Morphosys AG O.N. (ETR:) which rose 10.46% to 33.97, CompuGroup Medical AG O.N. (ETR:) which was up 6.81% to settle at 38.28 and Kontron AG (ETR:) which gained 2.82% to close at 21.86.
The worst performers were Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:) which was down 8.37% to 21.23 in late trade, SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:) which lost 2.76% to settle at 51.15 and Nemetschek AG O.N. (ETR:) which was down 2.25% to 76.50 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by 386 to 244 and 39 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zalando SE (ETR:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.77% or 0.51 to 17.74. Shares in Delivery Hero AG (ETR:) fell to all time lows; down 6.89% or 1.64 to 22.15. Shares in HelloFresh SE (ETR:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.20% or 0.55 to 12.53. Shares in Thyssenkrupp AG O.N. (ETR:) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.18% or 0.26 to 5.87. Shares in Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG (ETR:) fell to 3-years lows; down 8.37% or 1.94 to 21.23. Shares in SMA Solar Technology AG (ETR:) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.76% or 1.45 to 51.15.
The , which measures the implied volatility of DAX options, was up 5.29% to 13.94.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 6.75 to $2,058.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.56% or 0.41 to hit $72.38 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.37 to trade at $77.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 102.32.
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